pork
pawk
Pork (noun) means Meat from a pig. Example: “Pork chops sizzled in the pan while the vegetables boiled.”
noun
1
Meat from a pig.
"The cafeteria serves pork on Tuesdays."
"Pork chops sizzled in the pan while the vegetables boiled."
"Some people avoid pork for religious or personal reasons."
"We had roast pork with apple sauce for dinner."
2
Government spending or funding secured by a politician mainly to benefit their own district, rather than the country as a whole.
"The newspaper accused the senator of loading the budget with pork for his own town."
"Voters grew tired of pork that helped one district and ignored everyone else."
"Critics called the bridge project pure pork."
How to use pork
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishMeat from pigs, or, informally in US politics, wasteful spending pushed through to benefit a politician's own area.
Common pairings
pork chop
pork belly
pork barrel spending
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Word forms
- Plural
- porks
- Third person singular
- porks
- Past tense
- porked
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Etymology
From Old French porc, ultimately from Latin porcus ("pig, hog"). The political sense comes from the older term "pork barrel".
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What does “pork” mean?
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.
How do you pronounce “pork”?
“Pork” is pronounced pawk (/poɹk/ in IPA).
How do you use “pork” in a sentence?
Here is “pork” used in a sentence: “We had roast pork with apple sauce for dinner.”
What part of speech is “pork”?
“Pork” is a noun.
Where does the word “pork” come from?
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".
Is “pork” a common word?
“Pork” is a fairly common word in modern English, usually learned at around the B1 level.
How many meanings does “pork” have?
“Pork” has 2 distinct senses listed in this dictionary. The most common is: meat from a pig.
What is the difference between pork, ham, and bacon?
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.
Why is pig meat called pork instead of pig?
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.
Is pork red meat or white meat?
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.
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