tenderloin

1 a city district known for its vice and high crime rate [syn: combat zone]

2 the tender meat of the loin muscle on each side of the vertebral column [syn: undercut]

English

Noun

1. The tenderest part of a loin of meat, especially of pork or beef

Translations

• Dutch: haas, haasbiefstuk

Tenderloin is:

• Beef tenderloin
• Pork tenderloin
• Tenderloin, Manhattan
• Tenderloin, San Francisco, California
• Tenderloin (musical), a musical from 1960
• Tenderloin (novel), by Samuel Hopkins Adams
• Tenderloin (song), A song by the punk rock group Rancid, from the 1994 album Let's Go

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