Bacon

Pronunciation

• enPR: bā'kÉ™n, IPA: /ˈbeɪkÉ™n/
• Rhymes: -eɪkÉ™n

Origin

From Middle English bacon ("meat from the back and sides of a pig"), from Anglo-Norman bacon, bacun ("ham, flitch, strip of lard"), from Old Low Frankish *bakō ("ham, flitch"), from Proto-Germanic *bakô, *bakkô ("back"), from Proto-Indo-European *bhAg- ("back, buttocks"). Cognate with Old High German bahho, bacho ("back, ham, side of bacon") (compare Alemannic German Bache, Bachen), Old Saxon baco ("back"), Dutch bake ("side of bacon, ham"), Old English bæc ("back"). More at back.

Full definition of bacon

Noun

1. Cured meat from the sides, belly, or back of a pig.
• 2006, Seduced by Bacon, They fried the fish with bacon and were astonished, for no fish had ever seemed so delicious before.
• March 31, 2009, Piggin' out on bacon at S.F.'s BaconCamp, For us the pig's the means, while bacon is the end
  Providing gustatory heights to which we can ascend.
• Bacon is something that everybody is familiar with and most people grew up eating. It has a comfort aspect to it and a familiarity. It's also got an addictive aspect to it - that sweet and salty combination of flavors. And it's probably just a little bit unhealthy for you. When you get to have bacon, it's exciting and something you look forward to.
2. Thin slices of the above in long strips.
3. A term of endearment.my sweet bacon
4. A saucisse.

Synonyms

• (Cut of meat from a pig) ham, pork

Derived terms

Related terms

• back

Descendants

• Finnish: pekoni