HINDQUARTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hindquarter mean? 

• HINDQUARTER (noun)
  The noun HINDQUARTER has 1 sense:

1. the back half of a side of meat

  Familiarity information: HINDQUARTER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HINDQUARTER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The back half of a side of meat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("hindquarter" is a kind of...):

cut; cut of meat (a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass)

 Context examples 

A smaller sized lagomorph, the Dutch belted rabbit has black hindquarters, ears and black patches around the eyes while the feet, face, and front half of the body are white.

(Dutch Belted Rabbit, NCI Thesaurus)