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wedge bone

wedge bone

9.6
The part of the sirloin near the rump in a roast of beef
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : hueso en cuña
  • The butcher carefully trimmed the wedge bone from the sirloin before slicing the steaks.

Examples

  • Some recipes call for removing the wedge bone to make carving the roast easier.

  • In traditional British butchery, the wedge bone cut is considered particularly flavorful.

  • The chef used a wedge bone for the stew.

  • I bought a wedge bone from the butcher.

  • In traditional British butchery, the wedge bone cut is considered particularly flavorful.

  • Some recipes call for removing the wedge bone to make carving the roast easier.

  • The butcher carefully trimmed the wedge bone from the sirloin before slicing the steaks.

Surface Forms

wedge bone singular
wedge bones plural

Morphology

wedge + bone

The compound is compositionally transparent in that a learner who knows 'wedge' and 'bone' can infer a wedge-shaped piece of bone (i.e. a bone with a tapering shape in meat). However, the precise technical meaning referring to a specific part of the sirloin near the rump is domain-specific butchery terminology that is not predictable from the constituents alone, so it is only partially transparent to a B1 learner.

Etymology

The noun wedge bone comes from the shape of the bone: a small wedge-shaped bone left near the rump of the sirloin. That's why it means 'the part of the sirloin nearest the rump'.