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Definition of Loin

1. Noun. A cut of meat taken from the side and back of an animal between the ribs and the rump.

2. Noun. Either side of the backbone between the hipbone and the ribs in humans as well as quadrupeds.

Definition of Loin

1. n. That part of a human being or quadruped, which extends on either side of the spinal column between the hip bone and the false ribs. In human beings the loins are also called the reins. See Illust. of Beef.

Definition of Loin

1. Noun. The part of the body (of humans and quadrupeds) each side of the backbone between the ribs and hips ¹

2. Noun. Any of several cuts of meat taken from this part of an animal ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Loin

1. a part of the side and back between the ribs and the hipbone [n -S]

Medical Definition of Loin

1. The portion of the lower back from just below the ribs to the pelvis. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Loin

logy lohan lohock lohocks loial loially loialties loialty loiasis loid

loided loiding loids loike loimic loin (current term) loin of lamb loincloth loinclothed loincloths

loiner loiners loinskin loipe loipen loir loirs loiter loitered

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