pork

[ pawrk, pohrk ]

/ pɔrk, poʊrk /

noun

the flesh of hogs used as food.

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

Words nearby pork

poriform, porina, porion, porirua, porism, pork, pork barrel, pork belly, pork pie, pork pig, pork scratchings

Origin of pork

1250–1300; Middle English porc < Old French < Latin porcus hog, pig; cognate with farrow¹

OTHER WORDS FROM pork

pork·ish, pork·like, adjectivepork·less, adjective

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Examples from the Web for pork

Roll the pork over the stuffing, like a jelly roll, until the seam is facing down and the fat back is on top.
Make Carla Hall’s Roasted Pork Loin With Cranberries|Carla Hall|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
While the pork is resting, heat a large, heavy-bottomed pan over medium-high heat.
Make Carla Hall’s Roasted Pork Loin With Cranberries|Carla Hall|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Veselka layered its latke with pork goulash, and Toloache added beef short rib chorizo.
I Ate Potato Pancakes Til I Plotzed|Emily Shire|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Hitchcock's going on about English pork butchers and how best to prepare pork cracklings.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST

What Rastetter really seems to care about is pork and politics.
Will Chris Christie Bow to Iowa’s Pork Kings?|Olivia Nuzzi|November 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Cut the fish into large pieces, and lay part of it on the pork and onions.
Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches|Eliza Leslie
Archy's suspicions are awakened, and he climbs into the pork pie through an air hole, and prepares his soul for parlous times.
Shandygaff|Christopher Morley
The Canadian field pea and the rape, also are good feed and produce the very best of pork.
Canada West 1914|Unknown
A roast leg of pork is also particularly well flavoured cooked in a paper bag.
Paper-bag Cookery|Vera Serkoff
So far we notice no marked effect upon the prices of pork products in this country, but later it must result in depression.
Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 1, January 5, 1884.|Various

British Dictionary definitions for pork

pork

/ (pɔːk) /

noun

the flesh of pigs used as food

Word Origin for pork

C13: from Old French porc, from Latin porcus pig

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