TENDERLOIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tenderloin mean? 

• TENDERLOIN (noun)
  The noun TENDERLOIN has 2 senses:

1. a city district known for its vice and high crime rate

2. the tender meat of the loin muscle on each side of the vertebral column

  Familiarity information: TENDERLOIN used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TENDERLOIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A city district known for its vice and high crime rate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

combat zone; tenderloin

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

city district (a district of a town or city)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The tender meat of the loin muscle on each side of the vertebral column

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

tenderloin; undercut

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

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tenderloin"):

beef tenderloin (beef loin muscle)

pork tenderloin (pork loin muscle)