pork

The word “pork” means meat from a pig. In plain terms, meat from pigs, or, informally in US politics, wasteful spending pushed through to benefit a politician's own area.

“Pork” is pronounced pawk (/poɹk/ in IPA).

Here is “pork” used in a sentence: “We had roast pork with apple sauce for dinner.”

“Pork” is a noun.

The word “pork” comes from Latin. From Old French porc, ultimately from Latin porcus ("pig, hog"). The political sense comes from the older term "pork barrel".

“Pork” is a fairly common word in modern English, usually learned at around the B1 level.

“Pork” has 2 distinct senses listed in this dictionary. The most common is: meat from a pig.

Pork is the general word for any meat from a pig. Ham is meat from the pig's hind leg, usually cured, and bacon is cured pork typically cut from the belly or back, so both are specific preparations of pork.

English took many of its meat words from French after the Norman Conquest, so the animal kept its English name while the meat took the French-derived one. Pork comes from the French porc, just as beef comes from the French word for ox.

Nutrition authorities classify pork as red meat, because it comes from livestock and contains more myoglobin than poultry or fish. A well-known advertising slogan called it "the other white meat," which is why many people are unsure.