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Word: Lard
Speech Type: Noun
Middle English (also denoting fat bacon or pork): from Old French ‘bacon’, from Latin lardum, laridum, related to Greek larinos ‘fat’
lɑːd
fat from the abdomen of a pig that is rendered and clarified for use in cooking.
Short Definition:pig fat for use in cooking
excess fat in a person
Short Definition:unattractive fat
Examples:- I've got to give up fags and shift some lard
- he's just a tub of lard
Word: Lard
Speech Type: Verb
lɑːd
insert strips of fat or bacon in (meat) before cooking
Short Definition:insert fat or bacon in meat
Examples:- he larded the joint with garlic and anchovies
embellish (talk or writing) with an excessive number of esoteric or technical expressions
Short Definition:embellish talk or writing
Examples:- his conversation is larded with quotations from Coleridge
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