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lard

Syllabification: (lard)
Pronunciation: /lärd/
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Definition of lard

noun

  • fat from the abdomen of a pig that is rendered and clarified for use in cooking.
  • informal excess human fat that is seen as unhealthy and unattractive.

verb

[with object]
  • 1insert strips of fat or bacon in (meat) before cooking.
  • smear or cover (a foodstuff) with lard or fat, typically to prevent it from drying out during storage.
  • 2 (usually be larded with) embellish (talk or writing) with a variety of expressions:his conversation is larded with quotations from Coleridge
  • cover or fill thickly or excessively:the pages were larded with corrections and crossings-out

Derivatives

lardy

adjective

Origin:

Middle English (also denoting bacon fat): from Old French, 'bacon', from Latin lardum, laridum, related to Greek larinos 'fat'

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Definition of lard in the British & World English dictionary