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porkchop

porkchop

1 1.8
A thick slice of meat from a pig that usually has a bone and is cooked
  • noun
  • /ˈpɔrkˌtʃɑp/
: chuleta de cerdo
  • Mo-Mo and Porkchop, there comes a time in life when we must sacrifice what is most dear to us for the greater good of saving the world, and now is that time.

Examples

  • Bendis is waving the Pavlovian porkchop to get the dogs barking... woof woof.

    Blog text (33)

  • "Great porkchops, hon."

    Fiction book (1996)

  • The Widow Porkchop conned me?

    Fiction book (1994)

  • I grilled two juicy porkchops for dinner last night.

  • She ordered a porkchop with apple sauce at the restaurant.

  • The recipe calls for marinating the porkchop in herbs before cooking.

Synonyms

pork
vsporkchop
334 1.0

The meat from a pig that people eat

is a specific thick slice including a rib or vertebra

How Thick

porkchop
1 1.8
chop
84 1.8
cutlet
11 3.6

Surface Forms

porkchop singular
porkchops plural

Morphology

porkchop = pork + chop (transparent) = pork + chop

The meaning is directly the compound 'pork' + 'chop' (a chop of pork), which a learner knowing both words can derive.

Etymology

The word porkchop is made from pork ('pig meat') and chop ('a thick cut' or 'slice of meat'), like in lamb chop. So a porkchop is a thick slice of pork, often with a rib, that is cooked to eat.