lard.
Fat from the abdomen of a pig, especially as prepared for use in cooking or pharmacy.
Meaning & usage
Fat from the abdomen of a pig, especially as prepared for use in cooking or pharmacy.
Fatty meat from a pig; bacon, pork.
Excess fat on a person or animal.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English lard, from Old French lard (“bacon”), from Latin lārdum, lāridum (“bacon fat”).
To stuff (meat) with bacon or pork before cooking.
To smear with fat or lard.
To distribute, garnish or strew, especially with reference to fatty or greasy things or words or phrases in speech and writing.
To fatten; to enrich.
To mix or garnish with something, as by way of improvement; to interlard.
To embellish with unnecessary frills; to pad.
To grow fat.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English larden, from Old French larder and Medieval Latin lārdō.
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