| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | sir·loin |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  sûr loin |
| NOUN: | A cut of meat, especially of beef, from the upper part of the loin just in front of the round. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English surloine, from Old French surlonge, *surloigne : sur, above (from Latin super; see uper in Appendix I) + longe, loigne, loin; see loin.
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