loin of lamb
- noun
- /lɔɪn əv læm/
:
lomo de cordero
- I love the flavor of loin of lamb grilled with herbs.
Examples
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The chef prepared a delicious loin of lamb for dinner.
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The chef recommended marinating the loin of lamb overnight for extra flavor.
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A perfectly cooked loin of lamb should be pink in the center and juicy.
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He ordered the loin of lamb with rosemary potatoes at the restaurant.
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For dinner, we had a succulent loin of lamb with garlic and herbs.
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The chef recommended the grilled loin of lamb, which pairs well with mint sauce.
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She served a tender loin of lamb alongside roasted vegetables at the family gathering.
Synonyms
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1.0
Meat from a young sheep for eating
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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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4.3
A cut of meat from an animal's back between the ribs and the rear
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1.6
Meat from a young sheep that is cooked in an oven or over a fire until brown
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2.0
A large piece of lamb cooked whole in an oven
A piece of meat from a lamb that you cook
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Morphology
The phrase is fully compositional: 'loin' names a specific cut, 'of' marks the part–whole relation, and 'lamb' identifies the animal/meat, so the meaning (the loin cut from a lamb) is directly derivable from the constituents. This partitive construction for food cuts is cross-linguistically common, so an average B1 learner who knows the words will understand it.
Etymology
Loin of lamb is the name for the tender meat from a lamb's back. The loin is the long, soft strip along the animal's spine and the lamb is the young sheep, so the phrase means 'a tender cut of meat often roasted or grilled'.