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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ba•con /ˈbeɪkən/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- Foodthe back and sides of a hog, salted and dried or smoked.
Idioms- Idioms bring home the bacon:
- to support oneself and one's family.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ba•con (bā′kən),USA pronunciation n. - Foodthe back and sides of the hog, salted and dried or smoked, usually sliced thin and fried for food.
- Dialect TermsAlso called white bacon. [South Midland and Southern U.S.]pork cured in brine;
salt pork. - Idioms bring home the bacon:
- to provide for material needs;
earn a living. - to accomplish a task;
be successful or victorious:Our governor went to Washington to appeal for disaster relief and brought home the bacon—$40 million.
- Idioms, Informal Terms save one's bacon, [Informal.]to allow one to accomplish a desired end;
spare one from injury or loss:Quick thinking saved our bacon.
- Gmc *bakōn- (Old High German bacho back, ham, bacon) derivative of *baka- back1; compare Middle Dutch bake bacon
- Anglo-French; Old French bacon
- Middle English bacoun 1300–50
- Biographical Francis (Baron Verulam, Viscount St. Albans), 1561–1626, English essayist, philosopher, and statesman.
- Biographical Francis, 1910–92, English painter, born in Ireland.
- Biographical Henry, 1866–1924, U.S. architect.
- Biographical Nathaniel, 1647–76, American colonist, born in England: leader of a rebellion in Virginia 1676.
- Biographical Roger ("The Admirable Doctor''), 1214?–94?, English philosopher and scientist.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: bacon /ˈbeɪkən/ n - meat from the back and sides of a pig, dried, salted, and usually smoked
- bring home the bacon ⇒ informal to achieve success
- to provide material support
- save someone's bacon ⇒ Brit informal to help someone to escape from danger
Etymology: 12th Century: from Old French bacon, from Old High German bahho; related to Old Saxon baco; see back1 Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Bacon /ˈbeɪkən/ n - Francis, Baron Verulam, Viscount St Albans. 1561–1626, English philosopher, statesman, and essayist; described the inductive method of reasoning: his works include Essays (1625), The Advancement of Learning (1605), and Novum Organum (1620)
- Francis. 1909–92, British painter, born in Dublin, noted for his distorted, richly coloured human figures, dogs, and carcasses
- Roger. ?1214–92, English Franciscan monk, scholar, and scientist: stressed the importance of experiment, demonstrated that air is required for combustion, and first used lenses to correct vision. His Opus Majus (1266) is a compendium of all the sciences of his age
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