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- [pawrk, pohrk]
- /pɔrk, poʊrk/
- /pɔːk/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [pawrk, pohrk]
- /pɔrk, poʊrk/
Definitions of pork word
- noun pork the flesh of hogs used as food. 1
- noun pork Informal. appropriations, appointments, etc., made by the government for political reasons rather than for public benefit, as for public buildings or river improvements. 1
- uncountable noun pork Pork is meat from a pig, usually fresh and not smoked or salted. 0
- noun pork the flesh of pigs used as food 0
- noun pork a pig or hog 0
- noun pork the flesh of a pig or hog, used as food, esp. when used fresh, or uncured 0
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Origin of pork
First appearance:
before 1250 One of the 11% oldest English words
1250-1300; Middle English porc < Old French < Latin porcus hog, pig; cognate with farrow1
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Parts of speech for Pork
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pork popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% 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".
pork usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for pork
noun pork
- bacon — Bacon is salted or smoked meat which comes from the back or sides of a pig.
- gammon — deceitful nonsense; bosh.
- logrolling — U.S. Politics. the exchange of support or favors, especially by legislators for mutual political gain as by voting for each other's bills.
- flesh — the soft substance of a human or other animal body, consisting of muscle and fat.
- flitch — the side of a hog (or, formerly, some other animal) salted and cured: a flitch of bacon.
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