Pork is meat from a pig, usually fresh and not smoked or salted.
...fried pork chops.
...a packet of pork sausages.
pork in British English
(pɔːk)
noun
the flesh of pigs used as food
Word origin
C13: from Old French porc, from Latin porcus pig
pork in American English
(pɔrk)
noun
1. Obsolete
a pig or hog
2.
the flesh of a pig or hog, used as food, esp. when used fresh, or uncured
3. US, Informal
money, jobs, etc. received as pork barrel
Word origin
ME porc < OFr < L porcus, a pig < IE *poros, pig > farrow1
pork in Hospitality
(pɔrk)
noun
(Hospitality (hotel): Food and drink, meat)
Pork is meat from a pig, usually fresh and not smoked or salted.
COLLOCATIONS: ~ chop
She ordered roasted pork loin with potato purée and carrots.
Make sure the pork chops are cooked all the way through.
I like pork but prefer the salty taste of bacon or ham.
In other languages
pork
British English: pork /pɔːk/ NOUN
Pork is meat from a pig, usually fresh and not smoked or salted.
...roast pork.
American English: pork
Arabic: لـَحْمُ خِنْزِير
Brazilian Portuguese: carne de porco
Chinese: 猪肉
Croatian: svinjetina
Czech: vepřové
Danish: svinekød
Dutch: varkensvlees
European Spanish: carne de cerdo
Finnish: sianliha
French: porc
German: Schweinefleisch
Greek: χοιρινό κρέας
Italian: maiale
Japanese: ポーク
Korean: 돼지고기
Norwegian: svinekjøtt
Polish: wieprzowina
European Portuguese: carne de porco
Romanian: carne de porc
Russian: свинина
Latin American Spanish: carne de cerdo
Swedish: fläskkött
Thai: สุกร
Turkish: domuz eti
Ukrainian: свинина
Vietnamese: thịt lợn
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All related terms of 'pork'
pork chop
a small cut of pork containing part of a rib bone
pork pie
A pork pie is a round, tall pie with cooked pork inside , which is eaten cold .
pork pig
a pig, typically of a lean type, bred and used principally for pork
salt pork
pork , esp the fat pork taken from the back , sides , and belly , that has been cured with salt
pork barrel
If you say that someone is using pork barrel politics , you mean that they are spending a lot of government money on a local project in order to win the votes of the people who live in that area.
pulled pork
Pulled pork is pork meat that has been cooked for a long time until it is very soft, then torn into small strips .
pork butcher
a butcher who specializes in pork
pork sausage
a sausage made with pork
moo shu pork
a Chinese dish made of shredded pork and vegetables and beaten eggs, saut éed and usually served in a crê pe with hoisin sauce
mu shu pork
→ moo shu pork
belly of pork
a fatty cut of meat from the pig's belly
pork scratchings
small pieces of crisply cooked pork crackling , eaten cold as an appetizer with drinks