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Bacon

Bacon Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Bacon? [n] back and sides of a hog salted and dried or smoked; usually sliced thin and fried [n] English statesman and philosopher; advocated inductive reasoning (1561-1626) [n] English Franciscan monk and scientist who stressed the importance of experimentation; first showed that air is required for combustion and first used lenses to correct vision (1220-1292) Synonyms \| Synonyms for Bacon: 1st Baron Verulam \| Baron Verulam \| Francis Bacon \| Roger Bacon \| Viscount St. Albans Related Terms \| Find terms related to Bacon: butt \| chitterlings \| cochon de lait \| cracklings \| fat back \| flitch \| gammon \| ham \| ham steak \| haslet \| headcheese \| jambon \| jambonneau \| lard \| picnic ham \| pieds de cochon \| pig \| pork \| porkpie \| salt pork \| side of bacon \| small ham \| sowbelly \| suckling pig \| trotters See Also \| bacon rind \| bacon strip \| Canadian bacon \| cut of pork \| flitch \| gammon \| man of science \| monastic \| monk \| national leader \| philosopher \| scientist \| side of bacon \| solon \| statesman Bacon In Webster's Dictionary \Ba"con\, n. [OF. bacon, fr. OHG. bacho, bahho, flitch of bacon, ham; akin to E. back. Cf. Back the back side.] The back and sides of a pig salted and smoked; formerly, the flesh of a pig salted or fresh. {Bacon beetle} (Zo["o]l.), a beetle ({Dermestes lardarius}) which, especially in the larval state, feeds upon bacon, woolens, furs, etc. See {Dermestes}. {To save one's bacon}, to save one's self or property from harm or less. [Colloq.]

Bacon Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Bacon?

[n] back and sides of a hog salted and dried or smoked; usually sliced thin and fried
[n] English statesman and philosopher; advocated inductive reasoning (1561-1626)
[n] English Franciscan monk and scientist who stressed the importance of experimentation; first showed that air is required for combustion and first used lenses to correct vision (1220-1292)

Bacon In Webster's Dictionary

\Ba"con\, n. [OF. bacon, fr. OHG. bacho, bahho, flitch of
bacon, ham; akin to E. back. Cf. Back the back side.]
The back and sides of a pig salted and smoked; formerly, the
flesh of a pig salted or fresh.

{Bacon beetle} (Zo["o]l.), a beetle ({Dermestes lardarius})
   which, especially in the larval state, feeds upon bacon,
   woolens, furs, etc. See {Dermestes}.

{To save one's bacon}, to save one's self or property from
   harm or less. [Colloq.]

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