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pork belly

pork belly noun: a boneless cut of fatty meat from the belly of a pig.

pork belly: a boneless cut of fatty meat from the belly of a pig
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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

pork belly meaning in Tagalog, Indonesian, Thai and Vietnamese

pork belly in Tagalog

boneless cut of fatty meat
liempo

pork belly in Indonesian

boneless cut of fatty meat
samcan

pork belly in Thai

boneless cut of fatty meat
หมูสามชั้น mǔu-sǎam-chán

pork belly in Vietnamese

boneless cut of fatty meat
ba chỉ, ba rọi

Synonyms of pork belly

Forms of pork belly

pluralpork bellies

Questions about pork belly

What does pork belly mean?
Pork belly means a boneless cut of fatty meat from the belly of a pig.
What is pork belly in Tagalog?
Pork belly in Tagalog is liempo. See Pork belly meaning in Tagalog.
What part of speech is pork belly?
Pork belly is a noun.
What is the plural of pork belly?
The plural of pork belly is pork bellies.

Words near pork belly in the dictionary

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

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