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Webster 1913 Edition
Bacon
Ba′con
,Noun.
[OF.
bacon
, fr. OHG. bacho
, bahho
, flitch of bacon, ham; akin to E. back
. Cf. Back
the back side.] The back and sides of a pig salted and smoked; formerly, the flesh of a pig salted or fresh.
Bacon beetle
(Zool.)
, a beetle (
– Dermestes lardarius
) which, especially in the larval state, feeds upon bacon, woolens, furs, etc. See Dermestes
. To save one’s bacon
, to save one's self or property from harm or loss.
[Colloq.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Bacon
BA'CON
,Noun.
Hog's flesh, salted or pickled and dried, usually in smoke.
To save one's bacon, is to preserve one's self from harm.
Definition 2024
Bacon
bacon
bacon
English
Noun
Raw belly bacon or streaky bacon, usually referred to simply as bacon in the US
Raw back bacon, usually referred to simply as bacon in the UK
bacon (usually uncountable, plural bacons)
- Cured meat from the sides, belly, or back of a pig.
- 2006, Pruess, Joanna, Seduced by Bacon, The Lyons Press, ISBN 1592288510, page 93:
- They fried the fish with bacon and were astonished, for no fish had ever seemed so delicious before.
- 2009 March 31, Casey, Laura, “Piggin' out on bacon at S.F.'s BaconCamp”, in San Jose Mercury News, retrieved 2010-10-19:
- For us the pig's the means, while bacon is the end / Providing gustatory heights to which we can ascend.
- 2009 August 12, Abraham, Lisa, “Bacon comes home - Old favorite tastes even better when you do the curing yourself”, in Akron Beacon Journal, Akron, Ohio, page D1:
- Bacon is something that everybody is familiar with and most people grew up eating. It has a comfort aspect to it and a familiarity. It's also got an addictive aspect to it - that sweet and salty combination of flavors. And it's probably just a little bit unhealthy for you. When you get to have bacon, it's exciting and something you look forward to.
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- Thin slices of the above in long strips.
- (slang, derogatory) The police.
- Run! It's the bacon!
- (cycling, slang) Road rash.
Usage notes
In the UK, the word bacon on its own usually refers specifically to loin or back bacon (similar to the US Canadian bacon). In the US, bacon usually refers to side or belly bacon (referred to as streaky bacon in the UK).
Synonyms
Derived terms
Terms derived from bacon
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Related terms
Descendants
- Finnish: pekoni
Translations
cut of meat
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thin slice of pork
See also
- flitch
- gammon
- guanciale
- hock
- pancetta
- green, in the sense of unsmoked
- smoked
- hog
- porcine
- rasher
- slab
- sow
- swine
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French
Etymology
1899, "thin, smoked lard", from English bacon, from Middle English bacon (“meat from the back and sides of a pig”), from Old French bacon, bacun (“ham, strip of lard”), from Frankish *bakkō, from Proto-Germanic *bakō, *baką, *bakaz (“back”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhAg- (“back, buttocks”). Cognate with Old High German bahho, bacho (“back, ham, side of bacon”), Old Saxon baco (“back”), Dutch bake (“side of bacon, ham”), Old English bæc (“back”). More at back.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /be.kɔn/, /be.kœn/
Noun
bacon m (uncountable)
Italian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɛkon/
Noun
bacon m (invariable)
Synonyms
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /beːkən/, /bæjkən/
- Rhymes: -eːkən, -æjkən
Noun
bacon n (definite singular baconet)
References
- “bacon” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /beːkən/, /bæjkən/
- Rhymes: -eːkən, -æjkən
Noun
bacon n (definite singular baconet)
References
- “bacon” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old French
Alternative forms
- baccon
- bachon
- bacun
- bascon
Noun
bacon m (oblique plural bacons, nominative singular bacons, nominative plural bacon)