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Bacon vs Lardo - What's the difference?

bacon | lardo |

As nouns the difference between bacon and lardo

is that bacon is cured meat from the sides, belly, or back of a pig while lardo is a type of salumi made by curing strips of fatback with rosemary and other herbs and spices.

As a proper noun Bacon

is {{surname}.

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

    Related terms

    * back

    Descendants

    * Finnish: (l)

    See also

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

    lardo

    English

    Etymology 1

    (etyl)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A type of salumi made by curing strips of fatback with rosemary and other herbs and spices.

    • Etymology 2

    From .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (derogatory, slang) An overweight person.
    • Synonyms
    * (overweight person) butterball, chubster, fatso, fatty, jellyroll, lardass, thunder thighs