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tenderloin

tenderloin noun: the tenderest part of a loin of meat, especially of pork or beef.

Noun

tenderloin (countable and uncountable, plural tenderloins)

  1. The tenderest part of a loin of meat, especially of pork or beef.
  2. (US, dated, slang) A district of a city where corruption is common, often because the district is devoted to questionable businesses (peep shows, etc) which are easy for police to blackmail and extort.

Proper noun capitalized: Tenderloin

Tenderloin

  1. (historical) A neighborhood of varying extent in midtown Manhattan, New York known for illicit entertainment and associated police corruption.
    • She had butted their way out of the Tenderloin district into a spacious uptown apartment.1992, Toni Morrison, Jazz, Vintage (2016), page 23
  2. A similar neighborhood in San Francisco, California.
    • The Tenderloin, a neighbourhood just south-west of touristy Union Square, is home to some 35,000 people in fewer than 50 cramped blocks. Drugs and destitution are out in the open.2023 May 20, Tabby Kinder, George Hammond, “So long, San Francisco”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1
  3. A similar neighborhood in Seattle, Washington.

tenderloin meaning in Bengali and Myanmar

tenderloin in Bengali

গরুর

tenderloin in Myanmar

tenderest part of a loin of meat
မိုးခိုသား mui:hkuisa:

Synonyms of tenderloin

Forms of tenderloin

pluraltenderloins

Plural of tenderloin: tenderloins

Origin of tenderloin

From tender + loin.

See tenderloin.

Words formed from tenderloin

Phrases with tenderloin

Questions about tenderloin

What does tenderloin mean?
Tenderloin means the tenderest part of a loin of meat, especially of pork or beef.
What is tenderloin in Bengali?
Tenderloin in Bengali is গরুর. See Tenderloin meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is tenderloin?
Tenderloin can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of tenderloin?
The plural of tenderloin is tenderloins.

Words near tenderloin in the dictionary

  1. tenderizers
  2. tenderizes
  3. tenderizing
  4. tenderling
  5. tenderlings
  6. tenderloin
  7. tenderloin steak
  8. tenderloin steaks
  9. tenderloins
  10. tenderly
  11. tenderman

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