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

bacon

noun
 
/ˈbeɪkən/
 
/ˈbeɪkən/
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  1. meat from the back or sides of a pig that has been cured (= preserved using salt or smoke), usually served in thin slices
    • a rasher of bacon
    • bacon and eggs
    • smoked/unsmoked bacon
    compare gammon, ham, pork see also Canadian bacon
    Extra Examples
    • Fry the bacon until crisp.
    • I'll have two rashers of bacon and a fried egg.
    • A whole side of bacon was hanging from a hook on the ceiling.
    Topics Foodb1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • lean
    • streaky
    • back
    • …
    … of bacon
    • bit
    • piece
    • rasher
    • …
    verb + bacon
    • cook
    • fry
    • grill
    • …
    bacon + noun
    • fat
    • grease
    • rind
    • …
    phrases
    • bacon, lettuce and tomato
    See full entry
    Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French, from a Germanic word meaning ‘ham, flitch’; related to back.
Idioms
bring home the bacon
  1. (informal) to be successful at something; to earn money for your family to live on
    • His friends had all gone to college or were bringing home the bacon.
    Topics Successc2
save somebody’s bacon/neck
  1. (informal) to rescue somebody from a very difficult situation
    • He's out to save his own political neck.
See bacon in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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