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SIRLOIN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The portion of the loin (especially of beef) just in front of the rump

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("sirloin" is a kind of...):

cut; cut of meat (a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass)

Meronyms (parts of "sirloin"):

wedge bone (part of the sirloin nearest the rump)

flat bone (part of the sirloin next to the wedge bone)

pin bone (part of the sirloin between the flat bone and the porterhouse)

sirloin tip (a cut of beef from the upper end of the sirloin)

sirloin steak (a cut of beef from the sirloin)

Holonyms ("sirloin" is a part of...):

beef loin (cut of meat from a loin of beef)

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