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pork

(pôrk)

1. The flesh of a pig or hog used as food.

2. Government funds, appointments, or benefits dispensed or legislated by politicians to gain favor with their constituents: "However much [the voters] may distrust Congress and dislike pork, the advantages of being represented by an incumbent with seniority are hard to deny" (Richard Lacayo).

v. porked, pork·ing, porks

v.intr. Slang

1. To eat ravenously; gorge oneself. Used with out.

2. To become fat. Used with out.

v.tr. Vulgar Slang

To engage in sexual intercourse with (another). Used especially of a man.

[Middle English, from Old French porc, pig, from Latin porcus; see porko- in Indo-European roots.]

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

pork

(pɔːk)

(Cookery) the flesh of pigs used as food

[C13: from Old French porc, from Latin porcus pig]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

pork

(pɔrk, poʊrk)

n.

1. the flesh of a hog or pig used as food.

2. appropriations, appointments, etc., made by the government for political reasons.

[1250–1300; < Old French < Latin porcus hog, pig; c. farrow¹]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	pork - meat from a domestic hog or pig porc pig, squealer, Sus scrofa, grunter, hog - domestic swine meat - the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food cut of pork - cut of meat from a hog or pig cochon de lait, suckling pig - whole young pig suitable for roasting pork loin - meat from a loin of pork salt pork - fat from the back and sides and belly of a hog carcass cured with salt pigs' feet, pigs' knuckles - feet or knuckles of hogs used as food; pickled or stewed or jellied
	2.	pork - a legislative appropriation designed to ingratiate legislators with their constituents pork barrel appropriation - money set aside (as by a legislature) for a specific purpose

pork

noun

Slang. The political appointments or jobs that are at the disposal of those in power:

patronage, spoil (used in plural).

Translations

لَحْم الخَنْزيرلـَحْمُ خِنْزِير

vepřové

svinekød

Schweinefleisch Schwein

χοιρινό κρέας

carne de cerdo cerdo mondongo

porsassianliha

porc

svinjetina

sertéshús

svínakjöt

maiale porco carne di maiale carne suina

ポーク

돼지고기

kiauliena

cūkgaļa

bravčovina

svinjina

svinjetina

fläskfläskkött

สุกร

domuz eti

thịt lợn

猪肉

pork

[pɔːk]

A. N → carne f de cerdo or puerco or (LAm) chancho

B. CPD pork butcher N → charcutero/a m/f, chanchero/a m/f (LAm)
pork chop N → chuleta f de cerdo or puerco
pork pie N (Culin) → empanada f de carne de cerdo (Brit) = porky B pork sausage N → salchicha f de cerdo or puerco
pork scratchings NPL → chicharrones mpl

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

pork

[ˈpɔː^rk]

n → porc m
I don't eat pork → Je ne mange pas de porc.

modif [fillet, belly, fat] → de porcpork barrel (US)

n
the pork barrel → électoralisme m (travaux publics ou programme de recherche entrepris à des fins électorales)

adj [project, politician] → électoralistepork chop n → côte f de porc, côtelette f de porcpork pie n → pâté m en croûtepork sausage n → saucisse f (de porc)

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

pork

→ Schweinefleisch nt

(US sl) von der Regierung aus politischen Gründen gewährte finanzielle Vergünstigungen oder Stellen

pork

pork barrel

n (US inf) Geldzuwendungen der Regierung an örtliche Verwaltungsstellen, um deren Unterstützung zu gewinnen

pork belly

n (Cook) → Schweinebauch m

pork butcher

n → Schweinemetzger m

pork chop

n → Schweine- or Schweinskotelett nt

pork

pork pie

n → Schweinefleischpastete f

pork pie hat

n runder, niedriger Filzhut

pork sausage

n → Schweinswurst f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

pork

[pɔːk] n → (carne f di) maiale m

pork

(poːk) noun

the flesh of a pig used as food.

pork

→ لـَحْمُ خِنْزِير vepřové svinekød Schweinefleisch χοιρινό κρέας carne de cerdo sianliha porc svinjetina maiale ポーク 돼지고기 varkensvlees svinekjøtt wieprzowina carne de porco свинина fläskkött สุกร domuz eti thịt lợn 猪肉

I don't eat pork → Nejím vepřové → Jeg spiser ikke svinekød → Ich esse kein Schweinefleisch → Δεν τρώω χοιρινό → No como cerdo → En syö sianlihaa → Je ne mange pas de porc → Ja ne jedem svinjetinu → Non mangio maiale → 私は豚肉を食べません → Ik eet geen varkensvlees → Jeg spiser ikke svinekjøtt → Nie jem wieprzowiny → Eu não como carne de porco → Я не ем свинину → Jag äter inte fläskkött → Domuz eti yemiyorum → Tôi không ăn thịt lợn → 我不吃猪肉

pork

n carne f de cerdo

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He was gobbling mincemeat, meatbone, bread, cheese, and pork pie, all at once: staring distrustfully while he did so at the mist all round us, and often stopping - even stopping his jaws - to listen.

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It was a small bit of pork suspended from the kettle-hanger by a string passed through a large door-key, in a way known to primitive housekeepers unpossessed of jacks.

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