Synonyms for pork

Grammar : Noun

Spell : pawrk, pohrk

Phonetic Transcription : pɔrk, poʊrk

Top 10 synonyms for pork

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Définition of pork

Origin : c.1300 (early 13c. in surname Porkuiller), "flesh of a pig as food," from Old French porc "pig, swine, boar," and directly from Latin porcus "pig, tame swine," from PIE *porko- "young swine" (cf. Umbrian purka; Old Church Slavonic prase "young pig;" Lithuanian parsas "pig;" and Old English fearh, Middle Dutch varken, both from Proto-Germanic *farhaz).
Pork barrel in the literal sense is from 1801, American English; meaning "state's financial resources (available for distribution)" is attested from 1907 (in full, national pork barrel); it was noted as an expression of U.S. President President William Howard Taft:
"Now there is a proposition that we issue $500,000,000 or $1,000,000,000 of bonds for a waterway, and then that we just apportion part to the Mississippi and part to the Atlantic, a part to the Missouri and a part to the Ohio. I am opposed to it. I am opposed to it because it not only smells of the pork barrel, but it will be the pork barrel itself. Let every project stand on its bottom." ["The Outlook," Nov. 6, 1909, quoting Taft]
The magazine article that includes the quote opens with:
We doubt whether any one knows how or when, or from what application of what story, the phrase "the National pork barrel" has come into use. If not a very elegant simile, it is at least an expressive one, and suggests a graphic picture of Congressmen eager for local advantage going, one after another, to the National pork barrel to take away their slices for home consumption.
Pork in this sense is attested from 1862 (cf. figurative use of bacon). Pork chop is attested from 1858. Pork pie is from 1732; pork-pie hat (1855) originally described a woman's style popular c.1855-65, so called for its shape.

As in bacon : noun flitch
As in pork barrel : noun political patronage

Example sentences :

And, for the unaesthetic but effective Attila, an able fashioner of pork products from Chicago.
Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

(b) Why is the food value of pork higher than that of other meats?
Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 3 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

We were out of pork and beef, and our fire-wood was nearly gone.
Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper

Pork steaks or chops should be taken from the neck, or the loin.
Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie

The pork and the cabbage should be thoroughly done, and tender throughout.
Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie

A leg of pork will require from three to four hours to roast.
Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie

Then place another layer of pork, and so on till the dish is full.
Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie

Debby was thinking of the pork, and the likelihood of its being properly diversified.
Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown

She began to fry her pork and apples, with a perfunctory attempt at conversation.
Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown

Then put in some bits of loin of pork cut into dice and some bits of lean ham.
Extract from : « The Cook's Decameron: A Study in Taste: » by Mrs. W. G. Waters

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