LOINS

• LOINS (noun)
  The noun LOINS has 2 senses:

1. the lower part of the abdomen just above the external genital organs
2. the region of the hips and groin and lower abdomen

  Familiarity information: LOINS used as a noun is rare.

• LOINS (noun)

Meaning:

The lower part of the abdomen just above the external genital organs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

loins; pubes; pubic region

Hypernyms ("loins" is a kind of...):

area; region (a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve)

Meronyms (parts of "loins"):

mons; mons pubis; mons veneris (a mound of fatty tissue covering the pubic area in women)

Meaning:

The region of the hips and groin and lower abdomen

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("loins" is a kind of...):

body part (any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity)

Meronyms (parts of "loins"):

groin; inguen (the crease at the junction of the inner part of the thigh with the trunk together with the adjacent region and often including the external genitals)

Holonyms ("loins" is a part of...):

body; torso; trunk (the body excluding the head and neck and limbs)