side of bacon
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side of bacon — noun salted and cured abdominal wall of a side of pork • Syn: ↑flitch • Hypernyms: ↑bacon • Part Holonyms: ↑side of pork • Part Meronyms: ↑gammon … Useful english dictionary
bacon — [bā′kən] n. [ME & OFr < OS baco, side of bacon; akin to OHG bahho,BACK1] salted and smoked meat from the back or sides of a hog: see PORK bring home the bacon Informal 1. to earn a living 2. to succeed; win … English World dictionary
Side — Side, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sided}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Siding}.] 1. To lean on one side. [Obs.] Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. To embrace the opinions of one party, or engage in its interest, in opposition to another party; to take sides; as, to side with … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Bacon — This article is about the cured meat. For other uses, see Bacon (disambiguation). Uncooked pork belly bacon strips. Bacon is a cured meat prepared … Wikipedia
bacon — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ lean (esp. BrE) ▪ streaky (BrE) ▪ back (esp. BrE) ▪ crisp, crispy ▪ Fry the bacon unti … Collocations dictionary
bacon — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German bahho side of bacon, bah back more at back Date: 14th century 1. a side of a pig cured and smoked 2. money; specifically money gained through… … New Collegiate Dictionary
side — n. & v. n. 1 a each of the more or less flat surfaces bounding an object (a cube has six sides; this side up). b a more or less vertical inner or outer plane or surface (the side of a house; a mountainside). c such a vertical lateral surface or… … Useful english dictionary
side of pork — noun dressed half of a hog carcass • Hypernyms: ↑side, ↑side of meat • Hyponyms: ↑pork belly • Part Meronyms: ↑flitch, ↑side of bacon … Useful english dictionary
bacon — Synonyms and related words: butt, chitterlings, cochon de lait, cracklings, fat back, flitch, gammon, ham, ham steak, haslet, headcheese, jambon, jambonneau, lard, picnic ham, pieds de cochon, pig, pork, porkpie, salt pork, side of bacon, small… … Moby Thesaurus
Bacon — Ba con, n. [OF. bacon, fr. OHG. bacho, bahho, flitch of bacon, ham; akin to E. back. Cf. Back the back side.] The back and sides of a pig salted and smoked; formerly, the flesh of a pig salted or fresh. [1913 Webster] {Bacon beetle} (Zo[ o]l.), a … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
