Fatback vs. Lard
Fatbacknoun
(US) A layer of fat, along the back of a pig, used as a cut of meat or to make lard
Lardnoun
Fat from the abdomen of a pig, especially as prepared for use in cooking or pharmacy.
Fatbacknoun
A fish, the menhaden.
Lardnoun
(obsolete) Fatty meat from a pig; bacon, pork.
Fatbacknoun
The menhaden.
Lardverb
(cooking) To stuff (meat) with bacon or pork before cooking.
Fatbacknoun
salt pork from the back of a hog carcass
Lardverb
To smear with fat or lard.
Fatback
Fatback is a cut of meat from a domestic pig. It consists of the layer of adipose tissue (subcutaneous fat) under the skin of the back, with or without the skin (pork rind).
Lardverb
To garnish or strew, especially with reference to words or phrases in speech and writing.
Lardverb
To fatten; to enrich.
Lardverb
To grow fat.
Lardverb
To mix or garnish with something, as by way of improvement; to interlard.
Lardnoun
Bacon; the flesh of swine.
Lardnoun
The fat of swine, esp. the internal fat of the abdomen; also, this fat melted and strained.
Lardverb
To stuff with bacon; to dress or enrich with lard; esp., to insert lardons of bacon or pork in the surface of, before roasting; as, to lard poultry.
‘And larded thighs on loaded altars laid.’;
Lardverb
To fatten; to enrich.
‘[The oak] with his nuts larded many a swine.’; ‘Falstaff sweats to death.And lards the lean earth as he walks along.’;
Lardverb
To smear with lard or fat.
‘In his buff doublet larded o'er with fatOf slaughtered brutes.’;
Lardverb
To mix or garnish with something, as by way of improvement; to interlard.
‘Let no alien Sedley interposeTo lard with wit thy hungry Epsom prose.’;
Lardverb
To grow fat.
Lardnoun
soft white semisolid fat obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of the hog
Lardverb
prepare or cook with lard;
‘lard meat’;
Lardverb
add details to
Lardnoun
fat from the abdomen of a pig that is rendered and clarified for use in cooking.
Lardnoun
excess fat in a person
‘I've got to give up fags and shift some lard’; ‘he's just a tub of lard’;
Lardverb
insert strips of fat or bacon in (meat) before cooking
‘he larded the joint with garlic and anchovies’;
Lardverb
smear or cover (a foodstuff) with lard or fat to prevent it drying out during storage
‘farmhouse cheeses are dipped in wax or larded’;
Lardverb
embellish (talk or writing) with an excessive number of esoteric or technical expressions
‘his conversation is larded with quotations from Coleridge’;
Lardverb
cover or fill thickly or excessively
‘the pages were larded with corrections and crossings-out’;
Lard
Lard is a semi-solid white fat product obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of a pig. It is distinguished from tallow, a similar product derived from fat of cattle or sheep.
