bacon en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Australia) audio
- /ˈbeɪ.kən/
- bā'kən
Etymology
From Middle English bacoun (“meat from the back and sides of a pig”), from Anglo-Norman bacon, bacun (“ham, flitch, strip of lard”), from Old Low Frankish *bakō (“ham, flitch”), from Proto-Germanic *bakô, *bakkô (“back”), an extension of *baką, whence English back, which see for more. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg- (“back, buttocks; to vault, arch”). Cognate with Old Saxon baco (“back”), Dutch bake (“ham, side of bacon”), Old High German bahho (“ham, side of bacon”), whence German Bache f (“wild sow”), Alemannic German Bache m (“bacon”). (police): Extension of pig (“police”).
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) Cured meat from the sides, belly, or back of a pig.
They fried the fish with bacon and were astonished, for no fish had ever seemed so delicious before.
2006, Joanna Pruess, Seduced by Bacon, The Lyons Press, →ISBN, page 93:It is not a crime to enjoy some bacon or a trout or what have you.
2008, Christopher Paolini, “To Walk the Land Alone”, in Brisingr, page 73:Bacon is something that everybody is familiar with and most people grew up eating. It has a comfort aspect to it and a familiarity. It's also got an addictive aspect to it - that sweet and salty combination of flavors. And it's probably just a little bit unhealthy for you. When you get to have bacon, it's exciting and something you look forward to.
2009 August 12, Lisa Abraham, “Bacon comes home - Old favorite tastes even better when you do the curing yourself”, in Akron Beacon Journal, Akron, Ohio, page D1:For us the pig's the means, while bacon is the end / Providing gustatory heights to which we can ascend.
2009 March 31, Laura Casey, “Piggin' out on bacon at S.F.'s BaconCamp”, in San Jose Mercury News, retrieved 19 Oct 2010:
- (sometimes, uncountable, usually) Cured meat from the sides, belly, or back of a pig. ▸ Such meat from the belly specifically.
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(uncountable, usually) Thin slices of the above in long strips.
As mesmerizing as it is to watch Kristen Kish whip up bacon and cinnamon waffles with boysenberry and strawberry jam, imagine playing poker with Hosea Rosenberg.
2014 September 11, Pam Grout, “Really? 10 unexpected cruise activities”, in CNN:
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(broadly, uncountable, usually) A similar product made without meat, or from meat other than pork.
beef bacon; vegetarian bacon
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(derogatory, slang, uncountable, usually) The police or spies.
Run! It's the bacon!
- (slang, uncountable, usually) Road rash.
- (archaic, uncountable, usually) A saucisse.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| bacons | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Irish bacon · ham · back bacon · Canadian bacon · ham
Deriveds
whale bacon · bacon square · streaky bacon · peameal bacon · good voice to beg bacon · back bacon · bacontini · bacon beetle · vacon · side of bacon · bacon and cabbage · bacon grease · fry someone's bacon · eggs and bacon · facon · bacon roll · baconless · carrot bacon · turkey bacon · baconburger · steal the bacon · white bacon · save someone's bacon · baconer · whatever sizzles your bacon · chawbacon · bacon explosion · macon · bacon-fed · cottage bacon · bacon and eggs · Canadian bacon · pull someone's bacon out of the fire · baconize · bacon butty · bring home the bacon · pig upon bacon · side bacon · bacon hair · baconed · bacsilog · Irish bacon · bacon grill · bacon fat · baconlike · bacon rind · bacony · bacon-faced · baconweed · fakon
Descendants
בייקון · bekon · bacon · bacon · бекон · pekoni · beiken · bacon · 培根 · ベーコン · bejken · bacwn · pēkana · bacon · bacon · 베이컨 · beiken · becon · bacon · beicon · бекон
Hypernyms
material · stuff · material · pork · meat · food · stuff · substance · pork · substance · food · meat
Relateds
hock · porcine · sow · pancetta · guanciale · in the sense of unsmoked · gammon · rasher · back · flitch · hog · green · smoked · slab · swine
Synonyms
pork (cut of meat from a pig) · ham (cut of meat from a pig)
Translations (148)
pl bekon (cut of meat) · sh сла̀нина (cut of meat) · ast toucín (thin slice of pork) · bg беко́н (thin slice of pork) · ast tocín (cut of meat) · sv bacon (cut of meat) · ur بیکَن (cut of meat) · et peekon (cut of meat) · yi שפּעק (cut of meat) · tr jambon (thin slice of pork) · nn bacon (thin slice of pork) · id bakon (cut of meat) · ro bacon (cut of meat) · ja ベーコン (cut of meat) · cy bacwn (cut of meat) · cmn 鹹肉 /咸肉 (cut of meat) · sh slànina (cut of meat) · nb (røykt) flesk (cut of meat) · nn bacon (cut of meat) · cmn 熏鹹肉 (cut of meat) · cy cig moch (thin slice of pork) · cmn 燻肉 /熏肉 (cut of meat) · eo lardo (cut of meat) · is flesk (cut of meat) · ms dendeng babi (cut of meat) · da flæsk (cut of meat) · lt bekonas (cut of meat) · fr lard (cut of meat) · pa ਬੇਕਨ (cut of meat) · de Bacon (cut of meat) · ar بَيْكُون (cut of meat) · vo svinapined (cut of meat) · bn বেকন (cut of meat) · vo pined (cut of meat) · uz bekon (cut of meat) · ko 베이컨 (cut of meat) · ga muiceoil shaillte (cut of meat) · ast tocín (thin slice of pork) · mr बेकन (thin slice of pork) · fa-ira بِیکِن (cut of meat) · hy բեկոն (cut of meat) · th เบคอน (cut of meat) · sl slanina (cut of meat) · vo bubapined (cut of meat) · io lardo (cut of meat) · cs slanina (cut of meat) · es beicon (cut of meat) · hu kolozsvári szalonna (cut of meat) · nb bacon (thin slice of pork) · lt lašiniai (cut of meat) · yue 煙肉 /烟肉 (cut of meat) · nl bacon (cut of meat) · de Bauchspeck (cut of meat) · sv stekfläsk (thin slice of pork) · pdt Spakj (cut of meat) · da bacon (cut of meat) · mk сланина (cut of meat) · cy bacwn (thin slice of pork) · sq bejkon (cut of meat) · cic shokha' nipi' shila' (thin slice of pork) · sv fläsk (thin slice of pork) · ms bakon (cut of meat) · rm charnpiertg (cut of meat) · kw kig mogh (cut of meat) · lv speķis (cut of meat) · gl cebullo (cut of meat) · hu császárszalonna (cut of meat) · ang spiċ (cut of meat) · gd feòil-mhuice (cut of meat) · gl gulerpa (thin slice of pork) · it pancetta (cut of meat) · lld ciociul (cut of meat) · cic shokha' nipi' shila' (cut of meat) · tr bacon (cut of meat) · ru беко́н (cut of meat) · fi kylki (cut of meat) · chn kushu-iɬwəli (cut of meat) · fi silava (thin slice of pork) · mi pēkana (thin slice of pork) · sk slanina (cut of meat) · el μπέικον (cut of meat) · fa-ira لارْد (cut of meat) · pt bacon (cut of meat) · es tocino (cut of meat) · nv bisóodi (cut of meat) · mr बेकन (cut of meat) · frr speek (cut of meat) · hu baconszalonna (cut of meat) · enm lard (cut of meat) · kk бекон (cut of meat) · nl spek (cut of meat) · ru ветчина́ (cut of meat) · pt toucinho defumado (cut of meat) · ar بَاكُون (cut of meat) · he קותל חזיר (thin slice of pork) · id daging asap (cut of meat) · es bacón (cut of meat) · pa ਸੂਰ ਦਾ ਮਾਸ (cut of meat) · vi thịt lợn muối xông khói (cut of meat) · es tocineta (cut of meat) · km សាច់ជ្រូកបីជាន់ (cut of meat) · bg беко́н (cut of meat) · mi pēkana (cut of meat) · is beikon (cut of meat) · mn утсан гахайн мах (cut of meat) · sv bacon (thin slice of pork) · km សាច់បីជាន់ (cut of meat) · fr bacon (cut of meat) · el μπέικον (thin slice of pork) · nn (røykt) flesk (cut of meat) · cy cig moch (cut of meat) · enm bacoun (cut of meat) · pl boczek (cut of meat) · hu szalonna (cut of meat) · nb bacon (cut of meat) · ka ბეკონი (cut of meat) · fi pekoni (thin slice of pork) · af spek (cut of meat) · vi thịt muối (cut of meat) · ky бекон (cut of meat) · ang spiċ (thin slice of pork) · ga bagún (cut of meat) · id daging babi asap (cut of meat) · cmn 培根 (cut of meat) · mt bejken (cut of meat) · de Speck (cut of meat) · es panceta ahumada (cut of meat) · hu angolszalonna (cut of meat) · si බේකන් (cut of meat) · uk беко́н (cut of meat) · he קָתְלֵי חֲזִיר (cut of meat) · he קותל חזיר (cut of meat) · la laridum (cut of meat) · es tocino (thin slice of pork) · gl touciño (cut of meat) · be беко́н (cut of meat) · ro slănină (cut of meat) · nv bisóodi bitsįʼ niheeshchʼiizhígíí (cut of meat) · ro lard (cut of meat) · fr lardon (cut of meat) · unm shikwsu (cut of meat) · ca cansalada (cut of meat) · gl panceta (cut of meat) · my ဘေကွန် (cut of meat) · gl lardo (cut of meat) · tr domuz pastırması (cut of meat) · km សាច់ជ្រូកខ្វៃ (cut of meat) · hi बेकन (cut of meat)