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bacon

ba·con
B b

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [bey-kuh n]
    • /ˈbeɪ kən/
    • /ˈbeɪ.kən/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [bey-kuh n]
    • /ˈbeɪ kən/

Definitions of bacon word

  • uncountable noun bacon Bacon is salted or smoked meat which comes from the back or sides of a pig. 3
  • noun bacon meat from the back and sides of a pig, dried, salted, and usually smoked 3
  • noun bacon Francis, Baron Verulam, Viscount St Albans. 1561–1626, English philosopher, statesman, and essayist; described the inductive method of reasoning: his works include Essays (1625), The Advancement of Learning (1605), and Novum Organum (1620) 3
  • noun bacon Francis. 1909–92, British painter, born in Dublin, noted for his distorted, richly coloured human figures, dogs, and carcasses 3
  • noun bacon Roger. ?1214–92, English Franciscan monk, scholar, and scientist: stressed the importance of experiment, demonstrated that air is required for combustion, and first used lenses to correct vision. His Opus Majus (1266) is a compendium of all the sciences of his age 3
  • noun bacon FrancisBaron Verulam, Viscount St. Albans 1561-1626; Eng. philosopher, essayist, & statesman 3

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Origin of bacon

First appearance:

before 1300
One of the 15% oldest English words
1300-50; Middle English bacoun < Anglo-French; Old French bacon < Germanic *bakōn- (Old High German bacho back, ham, bacon) derivative of *baka- back1; compare Middle Dutch bake bacon

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Parts of speech for Bacon

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

bacon popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 89% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for bacon

noun bacon

  • rasher — vermilion rockfish.
  • pancetta — Italian pork belly cured with salt, pepper, and other spices and air-dried up to four months, tightly rolled in a cylinder.
  • pork — the flesh of hogs used as food.
  • sowbelly — fat salt pork taken from the belly of a hog.
  • gammon — deceitful nonsense; bosh.

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