bacon

  • 41Bacon — (Voz inglesa.) ► sustantivo masculino COCINA Tocino ahumado: ■ recubrió las perdices con albardillas de bacon. TAMBIÉN beicon * * * bacon (del ingl. «bacon», del lat. medieval «baco» o «bacco»; pronunc. [béicon]) m. Panceta ahumada. ≃ Beicon. * * …

    Enciclopedia Universal

  • 42bacon — [[t]be͟ɪkən[/t]] 1) N UNCOUNT Bacon is salted or smoked meat which comes from the back or sides of a pig. ...bacon and eggs. ...smoked streaky bacon. 2) PHRASE: V inflects If you bring home the bacon, you achieve what you needed to achieve.… …

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  • 43bacon — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ lean (esp. BrE) ▪ streaky (BrE) ▪ back (esp. BrE) ▪ crisp, crispy ▪ Fry the bacon unti …

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  • 44Bacon — This most interesting surname has two possible interpretations, both of Germanic origin. It may be a metonymic occupational name for someone who prepared and sold cured pork, a pork butcher, from the Old French, Middle English bacun, bacon ,… …

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  • 45bacon — n. 1) crisp; lean; smoked; streaky (BE) bacon 2) a rasher of bacon 3) (misc.) to bring home the bacon ( to succeed ) * * * [ beɪkən] lean smoked streaky (BE) bacon a rasher of bacon crisp (misc.) to bring home the bacon …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 46bacon — ba|con S3 [ˈbeıkən] n [U] [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: , from an ancient Germanic word meaning back ] 1.) salted or smoked meat from the back or sides of a pig, often served in narrow thin pieces ▪ bacon and eggs rasher of bacon BrE… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 47bacon — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. flitch, gammon, side pork, beef bacon, Danish bacon, Canadian bacon, breakfast meat, pancetta, side meat*, sowbelly*. • bring home the bacon*, Syn. earn a living, provide for, triumph, achieve; see succeed 1 , support 5 …

    English dictionary for students

  • 48bacon — n American a police officer or the police in general. One of several terms in underworld and student usage inspired by the 1960s epi thet pig. It can occur in the form of (the) bacon for the police in general or a bacon , denoting an individual… …

    Contemporary slang

  • 49bacon — noun (U) 1 salted or smoked meat from the back or sides of a pig, often served in narrow thin pieces: bacon and eggs (=bacon and eggs cooked in hot fat and served together) see also: meat 2 bring home the bacon informal to provide enough money to …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 50bacon — ba•con [[t]ˈbeɪ kən[/t]] n. coo the back and sides of a hog, salted and dried or smoked, usu. sliced thin and fried • bring home the bacon Etymology: 1300–50; ME bacoun < AF; OF bacon < Gmc *bakōn (OHG bacho back, ham, bacon), der. of *baka …

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