Meaning
4 senses(uncountable)The meat of a pig.
The cafeteria serves pork on Tuesdays.
Schweinefleisch, Schwein, Schweinernes
свини́наsvinína
свини́наsvynýna
meat from a domestic hog or pig
(US, countable, derogatory, slang, uncountable)Funding proposed or requested by a member of Congress for special interests or their constituency as opposed to the good of the country as a whole.
(Multicultural London English, collective, countable, slang, uncountable)Law enforcement; those who side with criminal prosecution.
A position in which a player's pieces are both pinned and forked at the same time.
Examples
243 sentencesTom doesn't eat pork, does he?
Том не їсть свинину, еге ж?
ruТом ведь не ест свинину?
deTom isst kein Schweinefleisch, nicht wahr?
I don't think Tom eats pork.
Не думаю, що Том їсть свинину.
ruНе думаю, что Том ест свинину.
I eat a lot of pork.
Я їм багато свинини.
Tom said he doesn't eat pork anymore.
Том сказав, що він більше не їсть свинини.
Tom told me Mary didn't eat pork.
Том сказав мені, що Мері не їсть свинину.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English pork, porc, via Anglo-Norman, from Old French porc (“swine, hog, pig;From Middle English pork, porc, via Anglo-Norman, from Old French porc (“swine, hog, pig; pork”), from Latin porcus (“domestic hog, pig”).
Blend of pin + fork.
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Forms
plural: porksSynonyms
45 synonymsWord family
58 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
5 patterns- eat pork
- doesn't eat pork
- pork chops
- raw pork
- like pork