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pork

[ pawrk, pohrk ]

noun

  1. the flesh of hogs used as food.
  2. Informal. appropriations, appointments, etc., made by the government for political reasons rather than for public benefit, as for public buildings or river improvements.


pork

/ pɔːk /

noun

  1. the flesh of pigs used as food
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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  • porkless adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of pork1

1250–1300; Middle English porc < Old French < Latin porcus hog, pig; cognate with farrow 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of pork1

C13: from Old French porc, from Latin porcus pig
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Example Sentences

Feast on heaping plates of slow-smoked pulled pork, sausages, ribs, and chicken in the charming courtyard of Atlantic Brewing Company’s Town Hill location.

Chicken feet, pork bones, scallions and ginger inform the hot bath, good to the last slurp.

Today, China consumes 28% of the world’s meat, including half of all pork.

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The Rath Packing Company, a family-owned meat company, opens a pork processing plant in Waterloo on the banks of the Cedar River.

It also noted that the closure would disrupt the country’s pork supply.

Roll the pork over the stuffing, like a jelly roll, until the seam is facing down and the fat back is on top.

While the pork is resting, heat a large, heavy-bottomed pan over medium-high heat.

Lay the butterflied pork loin on the cutting board with the fat cap facing down.

Veselka layered its latke with pork goulash, and Toloache added beef short rib chorizo.

Hitchcock's going on about English pork butchers and how best to prepare pork cracklings.

Infection in man occurs from ingestion of insufficiently cooked pork, which contains encysted embryos.

Perhaps she doesnt care for pork and potatoes, my friend, laughed the lady, eyeing Mr. Chumley whimsically.

He was a fat man—eating roast pork, and apple-sauce, and mashed potatoes, and bread.

Pork maun hae risen in price this last twa-three days, for I'm telt it was gaun cheap enough then.

I says to myself, if a body can get anything they pray for, why don't Deacon Winn get back the money he lost on pork?

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