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pork

pork

342 1.0
The meat from a pig that people eat
  • noun
  • /pɔrk/
translation icon : carne de cerdo
  • I could go for a little of that pork chop for dinner tonight.
  • eat pork
  • pork chop
  • pork bacon

And I think that pork, chicken, Turkey are fine.

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Examples

  • I could go for a little of that sweet and sour pork right now.

  • I brought a pork chop for luck.

  • We only get pork once a year.

  • I must get back to my leg of pork.

  • Eventually, olive oil, pork and wine were added.

  • This is a brown pork gravy that I made from pork stock and pork fat.

  • All afternoon, the store is busy, people buying pork roasts and whole chickens for tomorrow's big Sunday dinner.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • Alongside chicken and duck, diners were served snails, pork, goat and fish.

  • Black pudding is typically made of pork blood, pork fat, oatmeal and barley.

  • I tend to overcook things like pork chops and other meats.

Synonyms

meat
vspork
1.0

The flesh of animals that people eat

is specific to flesh from domestic pigs rather than all animals
suey
vspork
  • Informal
3 9.9

A playful name for a dish made with pork or for the meat itself

is the neutral standard name for that animal flesh
babi
vspork
  • UK
9.1

Meat from a pig used for cooking

is the general English term without a regional label

Compounds

pork barrel
  • Jargon
12 7.9

Government money used for local projects to please voters

7 2.5

Meat from the pig's back often roasted or grilled

6 3.4

A fatty cut of pork from the pig's belly that people cook, for example to make bacon

5 2.4

Pork cooked slowly until soft and shredded, often served with barbecue sauce

A long, narrow piece of pork from the pig's back that is very soft

3 3.1

A small cold pie filled with seasoned pork

3 1.0

A food people make from ground pork and spices inside a skin and cook

3 1.0

Pork cooked in an oven and served as a main dish

3 1.5

Cooked beans with pieces of pork in tomato sauce, often sold in cans

2 4.1

Pieces of fatty pork kept in salt that cooks use to add flavor

2 1.6

A cut of pork cooked in an oven until tender

1 2.5

A piece of meat from a pig sold for cooking, like loin or shoulder

pork-barreling
  • Literature
1 9.1

Using government money to pay for local projects to please voters

long pork
  • Offensive
9.9

The meat of a person that other people eat

A stew of pork and veal with pickled cabbage and caraway, served with sour cream

9.9

A fish with black and gold stripes that lives near reefs from Bermuda to Brazil

A person who cuts and sells pork like bacon and sausages

A cold savory jelly made from pig's feet and other pork parts that becomes firm when cooled

9.9

Meat from some sea fish that people eat

side of pork
  • Specialized
3.8

One half of a butchered pig before it is cut into smaller pieces

How Lean

rabbit
23 1.0
hare
1 7.0
chicken
586 1.0
beef
357 1.0
pork
342 1.0
lamb
133 1.0

Surface Forms

pork singular
porks plural

Etymology

Pork comes from Old French porc and Latin porcus, both meaning 'pig'. In English we often use French words for meat, so pork became the common word for the meat of a pig.