
Meaning of SIRLOIN
| Pronunciation: | | 'surloyn
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WordNet Dictionary |
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[n] the portion of the loin (especially of beef) just in front of the rump |
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SIRLOIN is a 7 letter word that starts with S. |
| | See Also: | | beef loin, cut, cut of meat, flat bone, pin bone, sirloin steak, sirloin tip, wedge bone | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Sir"loin`\, n. [A corruption of surloin. Not so called
because this cut of beef was once jocosely knighted (dubbed
Sir Loin) by an English king, as according to a popular
story.]
A loin of beef, or a part of a loin. [Written also
{surloin}.]
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