Meaning & use

loin

noun·Advanced

The part of the body on either side of the spine between the ribs and the hip, or a cut of meat from this area.

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The butcher trimmed the pork loin before wrapping it for the customer.

The old injury still ached along his loin whenever he bent over.

A note on using this word

Loin is common in cooking, as in pork loin and sirloin, and in older or literary language describing the lower torso.

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