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pancetta

pancetta noun: a cured belly or pork; bacon.

pancetta: a cured belly or pork; bacon
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Noun

pancetta (usually uncountable, plural pancettas)

  1. (usually) A cured belly or pork; bacon.

Forms of pancetta

pluralpancettas

Origin of pancetta

Borrowed from Italian pancetta, from pancia (“belly”).

Questions about pancetta

What does pancetta mean?
Pancetta means a cured belly or pork; bacon.
What part of speech is pancetta?
Pancetta is a noun.
What is the plural of pancetta?
The plural of pancetta is pancettas.

Words near pancetta in the dictionary

  1. pancellular
  2. pancentromeric
  3. pancerebellar
  4. pances
  5. pancession
  6. pancetta
  7. pancettas
  8. panch
  9. panch phoron
  10. Panchaea
  11. Panchagarh District

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