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🥩 A meat cut 🦴 Lower back area
loin

loin

13 4.5
The lower side of the back between the ribs and the hips
  • noun
  • /lɔɪn/
translation icon : región lumbar
  • You left the army on account of weakness in the loins.
  • gird your loins
  • fruit of your loins
  • loins ache

Take a mirror, look at your shoulders, find out what kind of loins and thighs you have.

Examples

  • After running for a long time, she felt soreness in her loins.

  • A year after her original presentation, she was admitted with right loin discomfort and haematuria.

    Academic text (2007)

  • Mammoth hide wrapped around their loins like thick belts.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • Tatters of a red bandana cover his hair; a gray cloth covers his loins.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • Gird your loins!

    The Devil Wears Prada (2006)

  • He experienced sharp pain in his loins after lifting heavy furniture.

  • During the exam, he struggled to sit comfortably because of tension in his loins.

Synonyms

side
vsloin
∞ 1.0

The left or right half of the body between ribs and hip

is narrower, referring specifically to the lower back between ribs and hipbones
lumbus
vsloin
  • Specialized
9.9

The lower back on each side between the hip and the ribs

is broader, covering the same area in humans and all animals

Compounds

pork loin
7 2.5

Meat from the pig's back often roasted or grilled

short loin
  • Specialized
1 7.6

A section of beef behind the ribs used to make porterhouse and T-bone steaks

beef loin
2.8

A cut of beef from the cow's back that is tender and tasty

loin of lamb
3.5

A tender cut of meat from the back of a young sheep often roasted or grilled

Surface Forms

loin singular
loins plural

Etymology

Loin comes from an old French word meaning 'side' or 'flank', like the English word flank, so it names the lower back area between the ribs and the hips.