English Explanatory Dictionary

lard

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Fat from the abdomen of a pig, especially as prepared for use in cooking or pharmacy.
  2. Fatty meat from a pig; bacon, pork.
  3. Excess fat on a person or animal.
verb
  1. To stuff (meat) with bacon or pork before cooking.
  2. To smear with fat or lard.
  3. To distribute, garnish or strew, especially with reference to fatty or greasy things or words or phrases in speech and writing.
  4. To fatten; to enrich.
  5. To mix or garnish with something, as by way of improvement; to interlard.
  6. To embellish with unnecessary frills; to pad.
  7. To grow fat.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/lɑːd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lard.wav /lɑɹd/ /lɐːd/

Word forms

lard lards larding larded

Etymology

From Middle English lard, from Old French lard (“bacon”), from Latin lārdum, lāridum (“bacon fat”).

Derived words

Amerilard bald as a bladder of lard enlard interlard lardaceous lardarse lard-arse lardass lard-ass lardassed lard-assed lardball lardboy lardbucket lard-bucket lardbutt lard down lardhead lardless lardlike lardon lardoon lard up lardy lardy cake leaf lard tubbalard tubba lard tub of lard unlarded larding needle overlard
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