As nouns the difference between loin and waist
is that
loin is the part of the body (of humans and quadrupeds) at each side of the backbone, between the ribs and hips while
waist is the part of the body between the pelvis and the stomach.
Other Comparisons: What's the difference?
loin English
Noun
( en noun)
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
Usage notes
The plural loins is used for a wider body region, or specifically as a euphemism for the pubic region
Derived terms
* fruit of one's loins
* gird up one's loins
* loincloth
* loinskin
* short loin
* sirloin
* slack loin
* tenderloin steak
* tenderloin
* top loin
Related terms
* lumbago
* lumbar
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waist English
Alternative forms
* (l), (l) (obsolete)
Noun
( en noun)
The part of the body between the pelvis and the stomach.
A part of a piece of clothing that covers the waist.
The narrow connection between the thorax and abdomen in certain insects (e.g., bees, ants and wasps).
The middle portion of the hull of a ship or the fuselage of an aircraft.
(nautical) That part of the upper deck of a ship between the quarterdeck and the forecastle.
* 1851 ,
- There he stood, very quietly overlooking some sailmakers who were mending a top-sail in the waist .
Derived terms
(terms derived from waist)
* pantywaist
* waistband
* waistcoat
* waistless
* waistline
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