pork

[pawrk, pohrk]

noun

1. the flesh of hogs used as food.

2. Informal.,  appropriations, appointments, etc., made by the government for political reasons rather than for public benefit, as for public buildings or river improvements.

pork

/ pɔːk /

noun

1. the flesh of pigs used as food

Other Word Forms

• porkish adjective
• porklike adjective
• porkless adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of pork¹

1250–1300; Middle English porc < Old French < Latin porcus hog, pig; cognate with farrow ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of pork¹

C13: from Old French porc, from Latin porcus pig

Example Sentences

That meant re-creating a dish, flavored with pineapple and chile peppers, that’s normally prepared with pork.

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The highlight was an al pastor mac and cheese where I slathered the cubes of pork in the finest theme park cheese slop.

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Much of the meat consumed in the UK – including chicken, beef, pork and farmed fish - is raised using feeds that include soya beans, about 10% of which are sourced from the Brazilian Amazon.

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As price tags rise on beef and pork products, consumers are flocking to chicken nuggets and wings, helping lift Tyson’s chicken sales.

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Another influence that comes to mind is the old wagon-train western, if packed alongside the salt pork were a few speakers capable of blasting dance music loud enough to shake the Rockies.

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