Meaning

4 senses
  1. (uncountable)The meat of a pig.

    The cafeteria serves pork on Tuesdays.

    Schweinefleisch, Schwein, Schweinernes

    свини́наsvinína

    свини́наsvynýna

    meat from a domestic hog or pig

  2. (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.

  3. (Multicultural London English, collective, countable, slang, uncountable)Law enforcement; those who side with criminal prosecution.

  4. A position in which a player's pieces are both pinned and forked at the same time.

Examples

243 sentences
  1. Tom doesn't eat pork, does he?

    Том не їсть свинину, еге ж? — deniko

    ruТом ведь не ест свинину? — Wezel

    deTom isst kein Schweinefleisch, nicht wahr? — wolfgangth

  2. I don't think Tom eats pork.

    Не думаю, що Том їсть свинину. — deniko

    ruНе думаю, что Том ест свинину. — sharptoothed

  3. I eat a lot of pork.

    Я їм багато свинини. — deniko

  4. Tom said he doesn't eat pork anymore.

    Том сказав, що він більше не їсть свинини. — deniko

  5. Tom told me Mary didn't eat pork.

    Том сказав мені, що Мері не їсть свинину. — deniko

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
meat of a pig:
Русский
By meaning 1
meat of a pig:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
meat of a pig:

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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