pork
The meat of a pigThe meat of a pig.
» Tom doesn't eat pork, does he?
Tom isst kein Schweinefleisch, nicht wahr? — wolfgangth
Том ведь не ест свинину? — Wezel
Том не їсть свинину, еге ж? — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
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? — deniko
ruТом ведь не ест свинину? — Wezel
deTom isst kein Schweinefleisch, nicht wahr? — wolfgangth
I don't think Tom eats pork.
Не думаю, що Том їсть свинину. — deniko
ruНе думаю, что Том ест свинину. — sharptoothed
I eat a lot of pork.
Я їм багато свинини. — deniko
Tom said he doesn't eat pork anymore.
Том сказав, що він більше не їсть свинини. — deniko
Tom told me Mary didn't eat pork.
Том сказав мені, що Мері не їсть свинину. — deniko
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
42 synonyms- meat from a domestic hog or pig:porc
- a legislative appropriation designed to ingratiate legislators with their constituents:pork barrel
Word family
54 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
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.