cut of meat vs shank

shank vs cut of meat

cut of meat and shank both are nouns.

cut of meat is not a verb while shank is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cut of meat	Yes	No	No	No
shank	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, shank is a hyponym of cut of meat; that is, shank is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than cut of meat:

cut of meat: a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass
shank: a cut of meat (beef or veal or mutton or lamb) from the upper part of the leg

Other hyponyms of cut of meat include joint, roast, confit, chop, chine, leg, side, side of meat, forequarter, hindquarter, cut of beef, rib, entrecote, shin, shin bone, brisket, steak, loin, sirloin, tenderloin, undercut, neck, shoulder, cut of veal, cut of mutton, cut of lamb, saddle, rack, cut of pork.

cut of meat (noun)	shank (noun)
a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass	a poor golf stroke in which the heel of the club hits the ball
	lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals
	the narrow part of the shoe connecting the heel and the wide part of the sole
	cylinder forming the part of a bit by which it is held in the drill
	cylinder forming the part of a bolt between the thread and the head
	cylinder forming a long narrow part of something
	the part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle
	a cut of meat (beef or veal or mutton or lamb) from the upper part of the leg

cut of meat (verb)	shank (verb)
	hit (a golf ball) with the heel of a club, causing the ball to veer in the wrong direction

Difference between cut of meat and shank

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