loin

Other forms of loin

plural

loins·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about loin

What does loin mean?

loin means "a cut of meat taken from the side and back of an animal between the ribs and the rump". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in loin?

loin has 1 syllable: loin. In IPA it is /ˈlɔɪn/.

What is another word for loin?

Close synonyms include lumbus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is loin a common word?

loin is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with loin?

2 words rhyme with loin. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.