pork

UK/pɔːk/US/poɹk/

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Pork is the meat of a pig. Roast pork, pork chop, pork belly.

The split between the animal and the meat runs through English: pig is Old English and pork is French, and the same pattern gives cow and beef, sheep and mutton — the animals were kept by English speakers and eaten by Norman ones. Pork barrel is American political spending. Note that trichinosis fears made overcooking traditional.

Definitions of pork

1nounporkThe meat of a pig.B1
“We had roast pork with apple sauce for dinner.”

pork is a meat.

Where it comes from

Old French porc comes from Latin porcus, a pig. The English pig is the animal and the French word became the meat.

Middle English
pork
English, today
pork

From Middle English pork. From Middle English pork, porc, via Anglo-Norman -, from Old French porc (“swine, hog, pig; pork”), from Latin porcus (“domestic hog, pig”). Cognate with Old English fearh (“piglet”). a doublet of farrow. Compare also other West Germanic words for pigs: Ferkel, Ferke, and varken.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Food & Drink

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pork in the wild

Tonkatsu is a type of Japanese cutlet made from pork.
Tonkatsu
Bacon is a type of salt-cured pork made from various cuts, typically the belly or less fatty parts of the back.
Bacon
A pork pie is a traditional English meat pie, usually served at room temperature, although occasionally served hot.
Pork pie
A pork pie hat is one of several different styles of hat that have been worn since the mid-19th century.
Pork pie hat
The pork pie hat gained further popularity in the 20th century, being worn by famous actors and musicians.
Pork pie hat

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