Sirloin vs. Loin: What's the Difference?

A cut of meat, especially of beef, from the upper part of the loin just in front of the round.

The part of the body of a human or quadruped on either side of the backbone and between the ribs and hips.

(US) A cut of beef from the lower part of the back, where the last ribs are (called rump in UK English).

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.

(UK) A cut of beef from the middle of the back (corresponding to short loin and partly rib in US English).

The region of the hips, groin, and lower abdomen.

A loin of beef, or a part of a loin.

The reproductive organs.

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

The part of the body (of humans and quadrupeds) at each side of the backbone, between the ribs and hips

Any of several cuts of meat taken from this part of an animal

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.

A cut of meat taken from this part of a food animal, as from cattle or hogs.

The pubic area; the genitalia, especially in women; as, receptive loins.

A cut of meat taken from the side and back of an animal between the ribs and the rump

Either side of the backbone between the hipbone and the ribs in humans as well as quadrupeds