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bacon strip

bacon strip

1 1.0
A thin slice of bacon cooked until it is crisp and eaten as food
  • noun
  • /ˈbeɪkən strɪp/
  • US
translation icon : tira de tocino
  • He added a couple of bacon strips to his sandwich for extra flavor.
  • cut bacon strips
  • lay out bacon strips
  • bacon strips into half-inch

Examples

  • "If I had been your mother, I would have left your ugly butt at the hospital," Harold says, staring at Jack's bacon strips.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • I noticed then that the wings and legs were simply wrapped, mummy-style, in bacon strips.

    Blog text (33)

  • Bases loaded with bacon strips.

    Clockers (1995)

  • The other question is: what if I eat these sugar-bacon strips?

    Blog text (25)

  • In his underwear, he came to the doorway, watching me lay out bacon strips.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • Show me bacon strips, bacon strips, bacon strips, Epic meals.

  • They do bacon strips and bacon strips and bacon strips.

  • INT. FITTS HOUSE - KITCHEN - MOMENTS LATER: BARBARA FITTS stands at the stove, flipping bacon strips mechanically, her eyes focused elsewhere.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • For breakfast, I had toast topped with two crispy bacon strips and a fried egg.

  • The recipe calls for four bacon strips, cooked until they are nice and crispy.

Synonyms

bacon
vsbacon strip
338 1.0

Thin, salty slices of meat from a pig usually fried for breakfast

is the specific thin slice usually cooked until crisp and served
crispy bacon
vsbacon strip
1 1.0

Thin slices of pork cooked until they are firm and crunchy

is the thin slice usually cooked until crisp and served as food

How Crispy

crispy bacon
1 1.0
bacon strip
  • US
1 1.0

Surface Forms

bacon strip singular
bacon strips plural

Morphology

bacon + strip

The meaning is directly compositional: 'bacon' (cured pork) combined with 'strip' (a long narrow piece) yields a thin slice of bacon. This is a common, literal noun + noun construction found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily understand it.

Etymology

Bacon strip comes from a simple kitchen picture: pork called bacon is cut into a long, thin strip to fry until crisp. That's why bacon strip today means 'a thin slice of bacon' served as food.