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haunch  (hônch, hnch)

n.

1. The hip, buttock, and upper thigh in humans and animals.

2. The loin and leg of a four-footed animal, especially as used for food: a haunch of venison.

3. Architecture Either of the sides of an arch, curving down from the apex to an impost.

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[Middle English haunche, from Old French hanche, from Frankish *hanka.]

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haunch [hɔːntʃ]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) the human hip or fleshy hindquarter of an animal, esp a horse or similar quadruped

2. (Cookery) the leg and loin of an animal, used for food a haunch of venison

3. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) Also called hance Architect the part of an arch between the impost and the apex

[from Old French hanche; related to Spanish, Italian anca, of Germanic origin; compare Low German hanke]

haunched  adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	haunch - the hip and buttock and upper thigh in human beings body part - any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity torso, trunk, body - the body excluding the head and neck and limbs; "they moved their arms and legs and bodies"
	2.	haunch - the loin and leg of a quadruped quadruped - an animal especially a mammal having four limbs specialized for walking croupe, rump, croup, hindquarters - the part of an animal that corresponds to the human buttocks

Translations

haunch [hɔːntʃ] N [of animal] → anca f; [of person] → cadera f; [of meat] → pierna f
to sit on one's haunches → sentarse en cuclillas

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haunch [ˈhɔːntʃ] n → hanche f
haunch of venison → cuissot m de chevreuil
to be squatting on one's haunches [person] → être accroupi(e)

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haunch

n (of person) → Hüfte f; (= hip area) → Hüftpartie f; (of animal, = hindquarters) → Hinterbacke f; (= top of leg) → Keule f; (Cook) → Keule f, → Lendenstück nt; haunches → Gesäß nt; (of animal) → Hinterbacken pl; to go down on one’s haunches → in die Hocke gehen; to squat on one’s haunches → in der Hocke sitzen; the dog was sitting on its haunches → der Hund saß auf den Hinterbeinen; haunch of venison (Cook) → Rehkeule f

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haunch [hɔːntʃ] n (of person, animal) → anca (Culin) → coscia
to sit on one's haunches (person) → accoccolarsi (animal) → sedersi (sulle zampe posteriori)
a haunch of venison → una coscia di cervo

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haunch [hɔːntʃ] n (of person, animal) → anca (Culin) → coscia
to sit on one's haunches (person) → accoccolarsi (animal) → sedersi (sulle zampe posteriori)
a haunch of venison → una coscia di cervo

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haunch

n haunch [hoːntʃ]

1 (usually in plural) the fleshy part of the hip The children were squatting on their haunches. hurke عَجْز، كَفَل бедро hýždě; zadek bagdel; numse das Gesäß γλουτός, πισινά (πληθ.) cadera y muslo; anca kints كفل lonkka hanche, derrière יָרֵך पुठ्ठा, नितम्ब bedro, stegno csípő panggul mjöðm, lend anca しり 궁둥이, 둔부 šlaunis, kulšis gurns punggung lende bakpart, hofte, (på) huk pośladek anca pulpă корточки zadok bok, zadnjica bedro höft, länd, [] huk สะโพก kalça 臀部 стегно سرین کا گوشت والا حصہ vùng hông 臀部

2 the leg and lower part of the body of a deer etc, as meat a haunch of venison. agterstuk, boud رِدْف бут kýta bagparti die Lende γλουτός pierna, pernil kints گوشت ران و گرده lonkka cuissot אֲחוֹרָיִים स्तम्भ, मध्य noga s butom (divljaci) comb daging paha afturpartur coscia 腰肉 (식용으로서의 동물의) 다리와 허리 부분 užpakalinis kumpis pakaļkāja daging paha dan daging pinggul lende lår, bakpart udziec pernil pulpă ляжка; бедро stehno stegno but lår[], kyl สะโพก but 鹿的腿肉 задня нога پٹّھا đùi (nai...để ăn thịt) 大片的鹿肉