Sirloin
['sɜːlɒɪn] or ['sɝlɔɪn]
Definition
(noun.) the portion of the loin (especially of beef) just in front of the rump.
Checker: Vivian--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A loin of beef, or a part of a loin.
Typist: Portia
Definition
n. the loin or upper part of the loin of beef.
Editor: Olivia
Examples
- I have had a sirloin so large, that I have been forced to make three bites of it; but this is rare. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- Such a visage, joined to the brawny form of the holy man, spoke rather of sirloins and haunches, than of pease and pulse. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
Edited by Laurence