About The Word Bacon
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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.]
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