pork

[ pawrk, pohrk ]
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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.

Origin of pork

1
1250–1300; Middle English porc<Old French <Latin porcus hog, pig; cognate with farrow1

Other words from pork

  • porkish, porklike, adjective
  • porkless, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for pork

pork

/ (pɔːk) /


noun
  1. the flesh of pigs used as food

Origin of pork

1
C13: from Old French porc, from Latin porcus pig

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