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cracklings

cracklings

7.8
Crispy browned pieces of pork left after melting fat
  • noun
  • /ˈkraklɪŋz/
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  • After rendering the lard, the cooks scooped out the golden cracklings and served them hot.

Examples

  • The homemade cornbread was topped with crispy cracklings for extra flavor.

  • She saved the cracklings to add crunch to her salads and soups.

  • I love crispy cracklings on my salad.

  • Have you tried cracklings from the local butcher?

  • After rendering the lard, the cooks scooped out the golden cracklings and served them hot.

  • She saved the cracklings to add crunch to her salads and soups.

  • The homemade cornbread was topped with crispy cracklings for extra flavor.

Synonyms

crackling
vscracklings
3 6.7

A small crispy piece of cooked pork fat eaten as a snack

is specific to small browned bits from pork or other meat especially lard

Surface Forms

cracklings singular
crackling plural

Morphology

cracklings = crackling (transparent) = crackle + ing + s

Formed by adding plural '-s' to the noun 'crackling' (itself from 'crackle' + '-ing'), so the meaning 'pieces that crackle' is directly inferable.

Etymology

Cracklings comes from the sound words crackle and crack, which copy a sharp 'popping' noise. These are the small, crispy pieces left after fat is cooked, and the name reminds you that the bits 'crackle' and make a crisp sound when you fry or eat them.