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Definition of pork noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

pork

noun
 
/pɔːk/
 
/pɔːrk/
 [uncountable]
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  1. meat from a pig that has not been cured (= preserved using salt or smoke)
    • roast pork
    • pork chops
    • a leg of pork
    compare bacon, gammon, ham see also pulled porkTopics Fooda2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • fresh
    • roast
    • salt
    • …
    … of pork
    • bit
    • piece
    • slice
    • …
    pork + noun
    • chop
    • pie
    • sausage
    • …
    phrases
    • sweet-and-sour pork
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  2. (also pork barrel)
     (North American English, informal) local projects that are given a lot of government money in order to win votes; the money that is used
    3. Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French porc, from Latin porcus ‘pig’.
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