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CUT OF MEAT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass
Synonyms:
cut; cut of meat
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("cut of meat" is a kind of...):
meat (the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cut of meat"):
cut of pork (cut of meat from a hog or pig)
rack (rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton)
saddle (cut of meat (especially mutton or lamb) consisting of part of the backbone and both loins)
cut of lamb (cut of meat from a lamb)
cut of mutton (cut of meat from a mature sheep)
cut of veal (cut of meat from a calf)
shoulder (a cut of meat including the upper joint of the foreleg)
neck (a cut of meat from the neck of an animal)
tenderloin; undercut (the tender meat of the loin muscle on each side of the vertebral column)
sirloin (the portion of the loin (especially of beef) just in front of the rump)
loin (a cut of meat taken from the side and back of an animal between the ribs and the rump)
steak (a slice of meat cut from the fleshy part of an animal or large fish)
brisket (a cut of meat from the breast or lower chest especially of beef)
shin; shin bone (a cut of meat from the lower part of the leg)
shank (a cut of meat (beef or veal or mutton or lamb) from the upper part of the leg)
entrecote (cut of meat taken from between the ribs)
rib (cut of meat including one or more ribs)
cut of beef (cut of meat from beef cattle)
hindquarter (the back half of a side of meat)
forequarter (the front half of a side of meat)
side; side of meat (a lengthwise dressed half of an animal's carcass used for food)
leg (the limb of an animal used for food)
chine (cut of meat or fish including at least part of the backbone)
chop (a small cut of meat including part of a rib)
confit (a piece of meat (especially a duck) cooked slowly in its own fat)
joint; roast (a piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portion)
