Lard
[lɑːd] or [lɑrd]
Definition
(noun.) soft white semisolid fat obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of the hog.
(verb.) prepare or cook with lard; 'lard meat'.
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Definition
(n.) Bacon; the flesh of swine.
(n.) The fat of swine, esp. the internal fat of the abdomen; also, this fat melted and strained.
(n.) To stuff with bacon; to dress or enrich with lard; esp., to insert lardons of bacon or pork in the surface of, before roasting; as, to lard poultry.
(n.) To fatten; to enrich.
(n.) To smear with lard or fat.
(n.) To mix or garnish with something, as by way of improvement; to interlard.
(v. i.) To grow fat.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Grease.[2]. Intermix, interlay, interlard.
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Definition
n. the melted fat of the hog.—v.t. to smear with lard: to stuff with bacon or pork: to fatten: to mix with anything.—adj. Lardā′ceous.—ns. Lard′-oil a lubricating and illuminating oil expressed from lard; Lar′don Lar′doon a strip of bacon used for larding.—adj. Lar′dy.
Checker: Phelps
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of lard, signifies a rise in fortune will soon gratify you. For a woman to find her hand in melted lard, foretells her disappointment in attempting to rise in social circles.
Checker: Willa
Unserious Contents or Definition
Fat.
Typist: Natalie
Examples
- There's a tub of lard on the ribs of each one. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Commercial soaps are made from a great variety of substances, such as tallow, lard, castor oil, coconut oil, olive oil, etc. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- They will work, as I have seen, with wax hardened with vermilion or softened with lard. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The best-known fats are butter, lard, olive oil, and the fats of meats, cheese, and chocolate. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- If this substance is not available, flour paste, lard, sweet oil, or vaseline may be used. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The next place is the lard department. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The process consists of incorporating with the fat, which may consist of butter, lard, or other grease, a sufficient amount of paraffine. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- If it is not unprintable, naming the principal obscenity that had larded the conversation. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
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