lard

 
Pronunciation: /lɑːd/

noun

[mass noun]
  • fat from the abdomen of a pig that is rendered and clarified for use in cooking.
  • informal excess fat in a person: I’ve got to give up fags and shift some lard he’s just a tub of lard

verb

[with object]
  • 1insert strips of fat or bacon in (meat) before cooking: he larded the joint with garlic and anchovies
  • smear or cover (a foodstuff) with lard or fat to prevent it drying out during storage: farmhouse cheeses are dipped in wax or larded
  • 2 (usually be larded with) embellish (talk or writing) with an excessive number of esoteric or technical 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 (lardier, lardiest)

Origin:

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