noun
lard
lahd
noun
1
Soft white fat from a pig, rendered down and used in cooking or baking.
"The pastry gets its flakiness from a spoonful of lard."
"She fried the potatoes in lard, the old-fashioned way."
verb
1
To insert strips of fat or bacon into meat before cooking, or to add something liberally throughout a piece of writing or speech.
"The chef larded the lean venison with strips of bacon."
"His essay was larded with obscure Latin quotations."
How to Use Lard
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishPig fat used for cooking, or (as a verb) to stuff meat with fat, or pad out writing with extra material.
Common pairings
lard the pastry
larded with quotes
a tub of lard
Word Forms
larded past tense, lards plural, lards singular
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Etymology
From Old French lard ("bacon"), from Latin lardum, "bacon fat."