haunch
haunch is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Of meats: The leg and loin taken together; as, a haunch of venison. Haunch bone. See Innominate bone, under Innominate. -- Haunches of an arch (Arch.), the parts on each side of the crown of an arch. (See Crown, n., 11.) Each haunch may be considered as from one half to two thirds of the half arch.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abreast
- alongside
- and
- aside
- beam
- beside
- bilateral
- broadside
- cheek
- collateral
- compass
- end
- flank
- gable
- hand
- her
- hip
- his
- jole
- jowl
- lateral
- laterality
- laterally
- lee
- leeward
- left
- loin
- many
- may
- multilateral
- near
- occidental
- one
- orient
- oriental
- orientate
- orientation
- outflank
- parietal
- parietes
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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