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lard.

Fat from the abdomen of a pig, especially as prepared for use in cooking or pharmacy.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/lɑːd/Received-Pronunciation/lɑɹd/Canada, General-American/lɐːd/Australia, New-Zealand
  1. Fat from the abdomen of a pig, especially as prepared for use in cooking or pharmacy.

    countable · uncountable
  2. Fatty meat from a pig; bacon, pork.

    countable · obsolete · uncountable
  3. Excess fat on a person or animal.

    countable · slang · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Middle English lard, from Old French lard (“bacon”), from Latin lārdum, lāridum (“bacon fat”).

verb/lɑːd/Received-Pronunciation/lɑɹd/Canada, General-American/lɐːd/Australia, New-Zealand
  1. To stuff (meat) with bacon or pork before cooking.

  2. To smear with fat or lard.

  3. To distribute, garnish or strew, especially with reference to fatty or greasy things or words or phrases in speech and writing.

  4. To fatten; to enrich.

  5. To mix or garnish with something, as by way of improvement; to interlard.

  6. To embellish with unnecessary frills; to pad.

  7. To grow fat.

    intransitive · obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Middle English larden, from Old French larder and Medieval Latin lārdō.

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