Haunch

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The hip, buttock, and upper thigh in humans and animals.
  • n. The loin and leg of a four-footed animal, especially as used for food: a haunch of venison.
  • n. Architecture Either of the sides of an arch, curving down from the apex to an impost.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The area encompassing the upper thigh, hip and buttocks on one side of a human, primate, or quadruped animal, especially one that is able to sit on its hindquarters.
  • n. The loin and leg of a quadruped, especially when used as food.
  • n. A squat vertical support structure.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The hip; the projecting region of the lateral parts of the pelvis and the hip joint; the hind part.
  • n. Of meats: The leg and loin taken together.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The fleshy part of the body, in men and quadrupeds, above the thigh, pertaining to each hipjoint and wing of the pelvis; the hip: as, a haunch of venison; the haunches of a horse.
  • n. The coxa or basal joint of the legs in insects and spiders.
  • n. The rear; the hind part.
  • n. The jamb or upright post of a door. See jamb.
  • n. In architecture, the middle part between the vertex or crown and the springing of an arch — sometimes used to include the spandrel or part of it; the flank. Also haunching.
  • To throw, as a stone, from the hand by jerking it against the haunch.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the hip and buttock and upper thigh in human beings
  • n. the loin and leg of a quadruped
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    body part    rump    croup    croupe    hindquarters   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    quarter    coxa    hipe   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    rump    buttock    torso    thigh    forearm