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flitch  (flch)

n.

1. A salted and cured side of bacon.

2. A longitudinal cut from the trunk of a tree.

3. One of several planks secured together to form a single beam.

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[Middle English flicche, from Old English flicce.]

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flitch [flɪtʃ]

n

1. (Cookery) a side of pork salted and cured

2. (Cookery) a steak cut from the side of certain fishes, esp halibut

3. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) a piece of timber cut lengthways from a tree trunk, esp one that is larger than 4 by 12 inches

vb

(Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) (tr) to cut (a tree trunk) into flitches

[Old English flicce; related to Old Norse flikki, Middle Low German vlicke, Norwegian flika; see flesh]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	flitch - fish steak usually cut from a halibut fish steak - cross-section slice of a large fish
	2.	flitch - salted and cured abdominal wall of a side of pork side of bacon gammon - hind portion of a side of bacon side of pork - dressed half of a hog carcass bacon - back and sides of a hog salted and dried or smoked; usually sliced thin and fried

Translations

flitch [flɪtʃ] N flitch of bacon → hoja f de tocino

flitch

n → Speckseite f; (of halibut) → Heilbuttschnitte f