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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024haunch /hɔntʃ, hɑntʃ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Anatomythe hip or the fleshy part of the body around the hip.
- Zoologythe leg and loin of an animal.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024haunch (hônch, hänch),USA pronunciation n. - Anatomythe hip.
- Anatomythe fleshy part of the body about the hip.
- Zoologya hindquarter of an animal.
- the leg and loin of an animal, used for food.
- Architecture
- Architectureeither side of an arch, extending from the vertex or crown to the impost.
- Architecturethe part of a beam projecting below a floor or roof slab.
- Gmc; compare Middle Dutch hanke haunch, hip, German Hanke haunch
- Old French hanche
- Middle English haunche 1150–1200
haunched, adj. haunch′less, adj. |