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bacon meaning

EN[ˈbeɪkən] [-eɪkən]
WBacon
  • Bacon is a meat product prepared from a pig and usually cured. It is first cured using large quantities of salt, either in a brine or in a dry packing; the result is fresh bacon (also known as green bacon).
  • Bacon is prepared from several different cuts of meat.
  • Bacon may be eaten smoked, boiled, fried, baked, or grilled, or used as a minor ingredient to flavour dishes. Bacon is also used for barding and larding roasts, especially game, including venison and pheasant.
  • In continental Europe, part of the pig is not usually smoked like bacon is in the United States; it is used primarily in cubes (lardons) as a cooking ingredient, valued both as a source of fat and for its flavour.
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    Definition of bacon in English Dictionary

  • NounPLbacons
    1. Cured meat from the sides, belly, or back of a pig.
      1. They fried the fish with bacon and were astonished, for no fish had ever seemed so delicious before.
    2. Thin slices of the above in long strips.
      1. A term of endearment.
        1. my sweet bacon
      2. A saucisse.
        1. (slang, derogatory) The police.
          1. Run! It's the bacon!
      3. More Examples
        1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
          • There's some bacon going spare if anyone wants some more.
          • Can you lend me five squid? I feel like a bacon sarnie.
          • (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)
        2. Used in the Ending of Sentence
          • The old countess [ …] did dentize twice or thrice. — Francis Bacon.
          • Every five and thirty years the same kind and suit of weather comes again. — Francis Bacon.
          • Alloy in coin of gold [ …] may make the metal work the better, but it embaseth it. — Francis Bacon.
      • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
        1. Nouns
          • Countable nouns
            • Singularia tantum
              • Uncountable nouns
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          1. fr bacon
          2. en bacony
          3. en bacons
          4. en baconed
          5. en baconer
          Source: Wiktionary

          Meaning of bacon for the defined word.

          Grammatically, this word "bacon" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun and a singularia tantum.
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