Definition of pork Pork

/pɔˈɹk/ - [pork] - pork

We found 11 definitions of pork from 8 different sources.

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What does pork mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: porks

pork - meat from a domestic hog or pig
  porc
  meat the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food
  grunter, squealer, sus scrofa, hog, pig a person who grunts
  cut of pork cut of meat from a hog or pig
  cochon de lait, suckling pig whole young pig suitable for roasting
  pork loin meat from a loin of pork
  salt pork fat from the back and sides and belly of a hog carcass cured with salt
pork - a legislative appropriation designed to ingratiate legislators with their constituents
  pork barrel
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • pork (Noun)
    The meat of a pig; swineflesh.
  • pork (Noun)
    Funding proposed or requested by a member of Congress for special interests or his or her constituency as opposed to the good of the country as a whole.
  • pork (Verb)
    To have sex.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • pork (n.)
    The flesh of swine, fresh or salted, used for food.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • pork
    The meat of a pig.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • pork
    pōrk, n. the flesh of swine: (Milt.) a stupid fellow.—ns. Pork′-butch′er, one who kills pigs; Pork′-chop, a slice from a pig's rib; Pork′er, a young hog: a pig fed for pork; Pork′ling, a young pig; Pork′-pie, a pie made of pastry and minced pork.—adj. Pork′y, fat.—Pork-pie hat, a hat somewhat like a pie in shape worn by men and women about the middle of the 19th century. [Fr. porc—L. porcus, a hog.]

Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅

  • pork
    To cry pork; to give intelligence to the undertaker of a funeral; metaphor borrowed from the raven, whose note sounds like the word pork. Ravens are said to smell carrion at a distance.

Wikipedia Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • Pork is the meat that comes from a pig or hog.

    In the faiths of Islam and Judaism, people are not allowed to eat pork.

    A simple meal to make which contains pork is Afelia. Sausages, bacon and ham are the most common uses of pork in the United Kingdom, the United States, and other parts of the Western world.

Part of speech

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  • pork, noun, singular of porks.

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