bacon

[ bey-kuhn ]

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noun

the back and sides of the hog, salted and dried or smoked, usually sliced thin and fried for food.
Also called white bacon. South Midland and Southern U.S. pork cured in brine; salt pork.

Idioms about bacon

bring home the bacon,
- to provide for material needs; earn a living.
- to accomplish a task; be successful or victorious: Our governor went to Washington to appeal for disaster relief and brought home the bacon—$40 million.
save one's bacon, Informal. to allow one to accomplish a desired end; spare one from injury or loss: Quick thinking saved our bacon.

Origin of bacon

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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Other definitions for Bacon (2 of 2)

Bacon

[ bey-kuhn ]

noun

Francis Baron Verulam, Viscount St. Albans, 1561–1626, English essayist, philosopher, and statesman.
Francis, 1910–92, English painter, born in Ireland.

Henry, 1866–1924, U.S. architect.
Nathaniel, 1647–76, American colonist, born in England: leader of a rebellion in Virginia 1676.
Roger "The Admirable Doctor", 1214?–94?, English philosopher and scientist.

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How to use bacon in a sentence

He spoons cricket powder over his morning yogurt, sprinkles larvae over his salads like bacon bits, and fries up frozen crickets for supper.
They're Healthy. They're Sustainable. So Why Don't Humans Eat More Bugs? | Aryn Baker | February 26, 2021 | Time
Make this a salad by omitting the bread, doubling and chopping the lettuce, crumbling the bacon, mixing that with the roasted tomatoes and their juices and then tossing it all with a simple salad dressing.
How to make a wonderful BLT with out-of-season tomatoes | Daniela Galarza | February 25, 2021 | Washington Post
Besides, this recipe starts with bacon, so it can only go up from there.
How to braise vegetables and bring out their best flavors | Aaron Hutcherson | January 11, 2021 | Washington Post
Another microwaveable option, this savory bowl of oats is topped with bacon, cheese, greens and pickled peppers.
8 sweet or savory oatmeal recipes to recharge your morning routine | Daniela Galarza | January 6, 2021 | Washington Post
If you’re talking breakfast, my healthy go-to order would be getting an Egg McMuffin sandwich with no bacon on it.
McDonald’s CEO Chris Kempczinski on Changing Consumer Behavior and the Future of Those Ball Pits | Eben Shapiro | August 2, 2020 | Time

And if people find themselves dissatisfied with how often they turn to fast food, bacon says to try things like batch cooking.
Why Your New Year’s Diet Will Fail | Carrie Arnold | December 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
The problem, says UC Davis physiologist and nutritionist Linda bacon, is that very few people can lose weight and keep it off.
Why Your New Year’s Diet Will Fail | Carrie Arnold | December 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Instead of just cutting out whole food groups, bacon says people should pay attention to how food makes them feel.
Why Your New Year’s Diet Will Fail | Carrie Arnold | December 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
“Most of the diseases we blame on nutrition are actually diseases of disempowerment,” bacon said.
Why Your New Year’s Diet Will Fail | Carrie Arnold | December 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Louis bacon, another big donor, owns land all over the world, including a grouse-hunting estate in Scotland.
Hunger Games Comes to New York State’s Public Schools | Zephyr Teachout | November 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
With bacon, experientia does not always mean observation; and may mean either experience or experiment.
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume II of II) | Henry Osborn Taylor
It lacks convincingness perhaps from the fact that Thomass theology is so largely philosophy, as Roger bacon said.
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume II of II) | Henry Osborn Taylor
Sentence of fine and imprisonment passed upon lord bacon in the house of peers for bribery.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel Munsell
Short men liked short cuts, but, as bacon said, the shortest way is commonly the foulest.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 158, April 28, 1920 | Various
Beans and bacon, cabbage and brown hard dumplings, formed the bill of fare, which the men washed down with plenty of table beer.
The World Before Them | Susanna Moodie

British Dictionary definitions for bacon (1 of 2)

bacon

/ (ˈbeɪkən) /

noun

meat from the back and sides of a pig, dried, salted, and usually smoked
bring home the bacon informal
- to achieve success
- to provide material support

save someone's bacon British informal to help someone to escape from danger

Origin of bacon

C12: from Old French bacon, from Old High German bahho; related to Old Saxon baco; see back 1

British Dictionary definitions for Bacon (2 of 2)

Bacon

/ (ˈbeɪkən) /

noun

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)
Francis . 1909–92, British painter, born in Dublin, noted for his distorted, richly coloured human figures, dogs, and carcasses

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

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Scientific definitions for Bacon

Bacon

[ bā′kən ]

English scientist and philosopher who is noted for the wide range of his knowledge and writing on scientific topics. Bacon pioneered the idea that mathematics is fundamental to science and that experimentation is essential to test scientific theories.

biography For Bacon

Roger Bacon was something of a Renaissance man before there was a Renaissance. Over the course of his long life, his energetic research would lead him to study everything from languages to mathematics to optics. He is most remembered for his insistence on the importance of pursuing fruitful lines of scientific research through experimentation. His writings describe countless experiments; while the majority were probably never performed by him, the profusion alone of experimental ideas is nothing short of astounding. His own laboratory work dealt primarily with alchemy, optics, and mechanics. He was among the first to apply geometric and mathematical principles to problems in optics and the behavior of light, allowing him to make important observations on reflection and refraction. His interest in mechanics led him to describe flying machines and other devices that had not yet been invented. He was the first person in the West to come up with a recipe for gunpowder, and he suggested reforms to the calendar, which would ultimately be implemented hundreds of years later. His novel ways of pursuing knowledge were sometimes viewed with suspicion, resulting at one time in imprisonment; but he bravely resisted all strictures on his intellectual life, even when that meant having to write and work in secret.

Other Idioms and Phrases with bacon

bacon

see bring home the bacon; save one's bacon.

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