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Bacon vs Fraise - What's the difference?

bacon | fraise |

As nouns the difference between bacon and fraise

is that bacon is cured meat from the sides, belly, or back of a pig while fraise is a ruff worn (especially by women) in the 16th century.

As a proper noun Bacon

is {{surname}.

As a verb fraise is

to protect, as a line of troops, against an onset of cavalry, by opposing bayonets raised obliquely forward.

bacon

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • d meat from the sides, belly or back of a pig.
  • *
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  • Thin slices of the above in long strips.
  • A term of endearment.
  • my sweet bacon
  • A saucisse.
  • (Wilhelm)
  • The police.
  • Run! It's the bacon !

    Synonyms

    * (Cut of meat from a pig) ham, pork

    Derived terms

    * a good voice to beg bacon * bacon and cabbage * bacon fed * bacon-faced * bacon grease * bacon rind * bacony * back bacon * bring home the bacon * Canadian bacon * cottage bacon * get the bacon bad * peameal bacon * Irish bacon * save someone's bacon * side bacon * streaky bacon

    Descendants

    * Finnish: (l)

    See also

    * gammon * guanciale * hock * pancetta * green, in the sense of unsmoked * smoked * hog * porcine * rasher * sow * swine * (wikipedia "bacon") ----

    fraise

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) fraise, (fraiser).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (historical) A ruff worn (especially by women) in the 16th century.
  • A type of palisade placed for defence around a berm; a defence consisting of pointed stakes driven into the ramparts in a horizontal or inclined position.
  • A fluted reamer for enlarging holes in stone; a small milling cutter.
  • Verb

    (frais)
  • (military) To protect, as a line of troops, against an onset of cavalry, by opposing bayonets raised obliquely forward.
  • (Wilhelm)

    Etymology 2

    See froise.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A large thick pancake with slices of bacon in it.
  • (Johnson)
    (Webster 1913) ----