different between tenderloin vs undercut

English

Etymology

tender +? loin

Pronunciation

Noun

tenderloin (countable and uncountable, plural tenderloins)

1. The tenderest part of a loin of meat, especially of pork or beef.
2. (dated, US slang) A district of a city where corruption is common, often because the district is devoted to questionable businesses (peep shows, etc) which are easy for police to blackmail and extort.

Synonyms

• (meat): striploin, fillet, eye fillet (beef)
• (neighborhood): red-light district

Hyponyms

• filet mignon (beef)

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle English undercutten, equivalent to under- +? cut.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?t

Noun

undercut (plural undercuts)

1. A cut made in the lower part of something; the material so removed.
2. The notch cut in a tree to direct its fall when being felled.
3. The underside of a sirloin of beef; the fillet.
4. A hairstyle that is shaved or clipped short on the sides and kept long on the top.
5. A blow dealt upward.

Translations

Verb

undercut (third-person singular simple present undercuts, present participle undercutting, simple past and past participle undercut)

1. To sell (something) at a lower price, or to work for lower wages, than a competitor.
2. To create an overhang by cutting away material from underneath.
3. To undermine.
   • July 18 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Dark Knight Rises[1]

     Though Bane’s sing-song voice gives his pronouncements a funny lilt, he doesn’t have any of the Joker’s deranged wit, and Nolan isn’t interested in undercutting his seriousness for the sake of a breezier entertainment.

4. To strike a heavy blow upward.

Translations

Adjective

undercut (not comparable)

1. Produced by undercutting.
2. Designed so as to cut from the underside.
3. Having the parts in relief cut under.

Anagrams

• untruced