loin

[US]/lɒɪn/
[UK]/lɔɪn/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. the part of the body between the ribs and the pelvis; the part of an animal's body that includes the area of the back between the ribs and the hips; the meat from this part of an animal's body

Phrases & Collocations

pork loin

loin of lamb

Example Sentences

loin of pork with kidney.

he felt a stirring in his loins at the thought.

There’s a lot of hard work to be done before the weekend, so let’s gird up our loins and start.

until another debtor, who share the room with Mr.Micawber, came in from the bakehouse with the loin of mutton which was our joint-stock repast.

Being used in pain and numbness in arthritis, achiness and weakness in loin and knees, restless fetus, threatened abortion, hypertension.

Other examples are: the fat of meats, bone-marrow, suet (the best found around the loin and kidneys of the beef creature), cocoanut butter, butterine, and oleomargarine.

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