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pork bellies

pork bellies is the plural of pork belly.

Meaning of pork belly

Noun

pork belly (usually uncountable, plural pork bellies)

  1. (usually) A boneless cut of fatty meat from the belly of a pig.
    • I thought I would spend a lot of time eating pork belly bought in the store, but no. Great Wall does sell pork belly but not in thinly sliced form, rather in thick rolls.2012 April, Tyler Cowen, “Revolutionizing the Supermarket Experience”, in An Economist Gets Lunch: New Rules for Everyday Foodies, New York, N.Y.: Dutton, →ISBN, page 48
    Synonyms:
    belly pork

Questions about pork bellies

What is pork bellies the plural of?
Pork bellies is the plural of pork belly.

Words near pork bellies in the dictionary

  1. pork and beans
  2. Pork and Beans War
  3. pork barrel
  4. pork barrelling
  5. pork barrels
  6. pork bellies
  7. pork belly
  8. pork butcher
  9. pork butchers
  10. pork cheese
  11. pork cheeses

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