bacon

CEFRB1

/ˈbeɪ.kən/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Salted or smoked meat from a pig.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Thin slices of the above in long strips.

Examples

  • Consisting of bacon and cheese, the sandwich was quite greasy.

  • Bacon and eggs is his order.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
2

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Cured meat from the sides, belly, or back of a pig.

  2. Such meat from the belly specifically.

  3. Road rash.

More examples

In context

  • Would you like bacon or sausage?

  • Run! It's the bacon!

  • It is not a crime to enjoy some bacon or a trout or what have you.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English bacoun (“meat from the back and sides of a pig”), from Anglo-Norman bacon, bacun (“ham, flitch, strip of lard”), from Old Low Frankish *bakō (“ham, flitch”), from Proto-Germanic *bakô, *bakkô (“back”), an extension of *baką, whence English back, which see for more. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg- (“back, buttocks; to vault, arch”). Cognate with Old Saxon baco (“back”), Dutch bake (“ham, side of bacon”), Old High German bahho (“ham, side of bacon”), whence German Bache f (“wild sow”), Alemannic German Bache m (“bacon”). (police): Extension of pig (“police”).