English dictionary

loin

/l//Oi//n/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

a cut of meat taken from the side and back of an animal between the ribs and the rump

noun.food

Source: WordNet 3.0
either side of the backbone between the hipbone and the ribs in humans as well as quadrupeds

noun.animal

Synonyms lumbus

Source: WordNet 3.0
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 <i>Illust.</i> of <u>Beef</u>.

noun

Source: webster1913