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 Definitions of loin  [ɔɪn]  

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Definition of 'loin' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) loin
Usu., loins. the parts of the vertebrate body that lie on either side of the spine between the ribs and the hipbones.

2.  loin
a cut of meat from this region, esp. a portion including the vertebrae of such parts.

3.  loin
loins,

4.  loin
the parts of the human body between the hips and the lower ribs, esp. regarded as the seat of physical strength and generative power.

5.  loin
the genital and pubic area; genitalia.

Etymology:  (1275–1325; ME loyne < MF lo(i)gne)

Definition of 'loin' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) loin
a cut of meat taken from the side and back of an animal between the ribs and the rump

2. (noun) loin, lumbus
either side of the backbone between the hipbone and the ribs in humans as well as quadrupeds


Definition of 'loin' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) loin
that part of a human being or quadruped, which extends on either side of the spinal column between the hip bone and the false ribs. In human beings the loins are also called the reins. See Illust. of Beef


Translation of 'loin' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: the back of an animal when cut into pieces for food.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: lendestuk Arabic flag Arabic: حَقْو، خاصِرَه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: филе
Brazilian flag Brazilian: alcatra Czech flag Czech: zadní část hřbetu German flag German: die Lende
Danish flag Danish: mørbradstykke Greek flag Greek: φιλέτο (για κρέας ζώου) Spanish flag Spanish: lomo
Estonian flag Estonian: puusatükk Farsi flag Farsi: فیله Finnish flag Finnish: selkä
French flag French: filet, longe Hebrew flag Hebrew: בְּשָר מוֹתֶן Hindi flag Hindi: कमर
Croatian flag Croatian: butina Hungarian flag Hungarian: bélszín Indonesian flag Indonesian: daging pinggul
Icelandic flag Icelandic: afturhryggur Italian flag Italian: lombata Japanese flag Japanese: 腰肉
Korean flag Korean: 허리고기 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: nugarinė Latvian flag Latvian: fileja
Malay flag Malay: daging batang pinang Dutch flag Dutch: lendevlees Norwegian flag Norwegian: nyrestykke
Polish flag Polish: polędwica Persian flag Persian: كمر،گرده Pashto flag Pashto: ملا،كمر
Portuguese flag Portuguese: alcatra Romanian flag Romanian: filé, muşchi Russian flag Russian: филе
Slovak flag Slovak: zadná časť chrbta zvierať Slovenian flag Slovenian: ledvena pečenka Serbian flag Serbian: slabine
Swedish flag Swedish: fransyska Thai flag Thai: เนื้อตะโพก Turkish flag Turkish: bel
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 腰肉 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: філейна частина Urdu flag Urdu: پٹھے کا گوشت
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: chỗ thắt lưng Chinese flag Chinese: 腰肉

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