Skip to content
ontologydriven
Sign out

Dictionary

Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

Canadian bacon en · NOUN

Etymology

From Canadian + bacon; so named because the product was first imported to the United States from Canada.

Meanings

  1. (US, uncountable) Cured pork made only from the loin, with no belly meat, and sold in lean medallions.
    • Near-synonyms: back bacon, Irish bacon
  2. (humorous, uncommon, uncountable) Canadian police officers.

Coordinates

ham · bacon

Hypernyms

officer · material · persons · substance · meat · food · people · pig · police officer · LEO · police · stuff · pork · bacon

Synonyms

Irish bacon · back bacon