bacon
noun
1 bacon
Back and sides of a hog salted and dried or smoked; usually sliced thin and fried.
Dutch: bacon
Polish: bekon
2 Bacon
English scientist and Franciscan monk who stressed the importance of experimentation; first showed that air is required for combustion and first used lenses to correct vision (1220-1292).
synonym: Roger Bacon.
3 Bacon
English statesman and philosopher; precursor of British empiricism; advocated inductive reasoning (1561-1626).
synonyms: 1st Baron Verulam, Baron Verulam, Francis Bacon, Sir Francis Bacon, Viscount St. Albans.
Moby thesaurus: butt, chitterlings, cochon de lait, cracklings, fat back, flitch, gammon, ham, ham steak, haslet, headcheese, jambon, jambonneau, lard, picnic ham, pieds de cochon, pig, pork, porkpie, salt pork ... show more.
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