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Synonyms for bacon

Most common

ham gammon lard flitch saucisse

All synonyms

Noun

1. Cut of meat from a pig

ham, pork, gammon

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    Cured meat from the sides, belly, or back of a pig.

Forms

Plural
bacons → hams, porks, gammons, lards…

Example sentences

  • ham I ate lots of delicious, juicy ham last Christmas.
  • gammon I prefer to eat gammon with mustard.
  • lard As a teenager, Tom used to eat bread and lard.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
baconrising
hamrising
gammonrising
lardfalling
flitchfalling
saucissesteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
ham1
4 letters
pork1, lard1
6 letters
gammon2, flitch
8 letters
saucisse

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (gammon2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
lard
Italiano
lardo
Español
tocino
Deutsch
Speck