Sirloin vs. Loin — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Sirloin and Loin
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Sirloin
Good-quality beef cut from the loin
Fresh sirloin steaks
Loin
The loins, or lumbus, are the sides between the lower ribs and pelvis, and the lower part of the back. The term is used to describe the anatomy of humans and quadrupeds, such as horses, pigs, or cattle.
Sirloin
A cut of meat, especially of beef, from the upper part of the loin just in front of the round.
Loin
The part of the body on both sides of the spine between the lowest (false) ribs and the hip bones.
Sirloin
(US) A cut of beef from the lower part of the back, where the last ribs are (called rump in UK English).
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Loin
The part of the body of a human or quadruped on either side of the backbone and between the ribs and hips.
Sirloin
(UK) A cut of beef from the middle of the back (corresponding to short loin and partly rib in US English).
Loin
One of several cuts of meat, such as tenderloin, taken from this part of an animal's body, typically including the vertebrae of the segment from which it is taken.
Sirloin
A loin of beef, or a part of a loin.
Loin
The region of the hips, groin, and lower abdomen.
Sirloin
The portion of the loin (especially of beef) just in front of the rump
Loin
The reproductive organs.
Loin
The part of the body (of humans and quadrupeds) at each side of the backbone, between the ribs and hips
Loin
Any of several cuts of meat taken from this part of an animal
Loin
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.
Loin
A cut of meat taken from this part of a food animal, as from cattle or hogs.
Loin
The pubic area; the genitalia, especially in women; as, receptive loins.
Loin
A cut of meat taken from the side and back of an animal between the ribs and the rump
Loin
Either side of the backbone between the hipbone and the ribs in humans as well as quadrupeds
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