loin
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4.3
- noun
- /lɔɪn/
:
lomo
- A porterhouse includes the bone and some strip loin.
- pork loin
- a loin roast
- boneless pork loin
He had smoked a pork, a bunch of pork loins the week before for something else, and he had a few more.
- He had smoked a pork, a bunch of pork loins the week before for something else, and he had a few more.
- I thought I had a damn pork loin in me or something, you know?
Examples
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We'll have a bowl of hot punch and a cut from the loin of that young porker.
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Meat loaf, pork loin, steak on your recipe list?
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- This is the sort of food I eat: prime loin chop.
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Pork loin was a loss leader last week, and I bought 8 pounds.
Blog text (12) -
Most of the time, they bring the cuts of meat to the market that people expect: loin roasts, pork chops, ribs, that sort of thing.
Blog text (17) -
Dean ordered the glazed pork loin sandwich; Fegan ordered the curried bay shrimp.
Fiction book (1999) -
The center-cut loin, the double-cut pork chops, baby back ribs, and the Serrano ham, on the back leg, of course.
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Shafer Farm's venison loin with parsnip gratin and onion confit.
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Laying the pork loin aside, Masseria rises to greet Charlie and Frank, wiping his hands on his napkin before shaking theirs.
Fiction book (1991) -
For dinner, we cooked a delicious pork loin that was marinated in herbs and spices.
Synonyms
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1.0
The flesh of animals that people eat
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2.1
A piece of meat sliced from an animal for cooking
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3.7
A cut of meat from near the spine that is soft and easy to cut for special meals
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2.9
A cut of beef from the back of the cow often served as a steak
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2.5
Meat from the pig's back often roasted or grilled
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2.7
A piece of meat taken from a certain part of an animal
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2.5
A long, narrow piece of pork from the pig's back that is very soft
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3.2
A cut of beef from the loin that is very tender and used for steaks
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7.6
A section of beef behind the ribs used to make porterhouse and T-bone steaks
A cut of beef from the cow's back that is tender and tasty
A tender cut of meat from the back of a young sheep often roasted or grilled
Tender meat from near the animal's backbone often used for cooking
Compounds
- Specialized
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7.6
A section of beef behind the ribs used to make porterhouse and T-bone steaks
How Tender
Surface Forms
Etymology
Loin comes from an old French word meaning 'side' or 'flank'. So a loin is the cut of meat taken from an animal's lower side and back, which is why it is often tender.