flitch

[ flich ]

/ flɪtʃ /

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noun

the side of a hog (or, formerly, some other animal) salted and cured: a flitch of bacon.

a steak cut from a halibut.

Carpentry.

a piece, as a board, forming part of a flitch beam.
a thin piece of wood, as a veneer.
a bundle of veneers, arranged as cut from the log.
a log about to be cut into veneers.
cant² (def. 8).

verb (used with object)

to cut into flitches.

Carpentry. to assemble (boards or the like) into a laminated construction.

Origin of flitch

before 900; Middle English flicche,Old English flicca; cognate with Middle Low German vlicke,Old Norse flikki

OTHER WORDS FROM flitch

un·flitched, adjective

Words nearby flitch

flirtable, flirtation, flirtatious, flirty, flit, flitch, flitch beam, flitchplate, flite, flit gun, fliting

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Example sentences from the Web for flitch

Here are butter and eggs, here is tea, here is sugar, and there is a flitch.
Lavengro|George Borrow
The flitch gave out last night, and we had nothin' but corn pone, buttermilk and potatoes.
Watch Yourself Go By|Al. G. Field
Put some at the bottom of a box, or chest, which is long enough to hold a flitch of bacon.
Cottage Economy|William Cobbett
Looking up, she caught sight of her master's great sallow chaps hanging like a flitch of bacon over the garret banister.
Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour|R. S. Surtees

They were a model couple, and if they had gone to Dunmow for the flitch of bacon, they would have won it.
Crying for the Light, Vol. 2 [of 3]|J. Ewing Ritchie

British Dictionary definitions for flitch

flitch

/ (flɪtʃ) /

noun

a side of pork salted and cured

a steak cut from the side of certain fishes, esp halibut

a piece of timber cut lengthways from a tree trunk, esp one that is larger than 4 by 12 inches

verb

(tr) to cut (a tree trunk) into flitches

Word Origin for flitch

Old English flicce; related to Old Norse flikki, Middle Low German vlicke, Norwegian flika; see flesh

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单词	flitch
释义	flitch [ flich ] / flɪtʃ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR flitch ON THESAURUS.COM noun the side of a hog (or, formerly, some other animal) salted and cured: a flitch of bacon. a steak cut from a halibut. Carpentry. a piece, as a board, forming part of a flitch beam. a thin piece of wood, as a veneer. a bundle of veneers, arranged as cut from the log. a log about to be cut into veneers. cant² (def. 8). verb (used with object) to cut into flitches. Carpentry. to assemble (boards or the like) into a laminated construction. Origin of flitch before 900; Middle English flicche,Old English flicca; cognate with Middle Low German vlicke,Old Norse flikki OTHER WORDS FROM flitch un·flitched, adjective Words nearby flitch flirtable, flirtation, flirtatious, flirty, flit, flitch, flitch beam, flitchplate, flite, flit gun, fliting Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for flitch Here are butter and eggs, here is tea, here is sugar, and there is a flitch. Lavengro\|George Borrow The flitch gave out last night, and we had nothin' but corn pone, buttermilk and potatoes. Watch Yourself Go By\|Al. G. Field Put some at the bottom of a box, or chest, which is long enough to hold a flitch of bacon. Cottage Economy\|William Cobbett Looking up, she caught sight of her master's great sallow chaps hanging like a flitch of bacon over the garret banister. Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour\|R. S. Surtees They were a model couple, and if they had gone to Dunmow for the flitch of bacon, they would have won it. Crying for the Light, Vol. 2 [of 3]\|J. Ewing Ritchie British Dictionary definitions for flitch flitch / (flɪtʃ) / noun a side of pork salted and cured a steak cut from the side of certain fishes, esp halibut a piece of timber cut lengthways from a tree trunk, esp one that is larger than 4 by 12 inches verb (tr) to cut (a tree trunk) into flitches Word Origin for flitch Old English flicce; related to Old Norse flikki, Middle Low German vlicke, Norwegian flika; see flesh Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to flitch shave, slice, rip, slash, carve, curtail, divide, whale, sob, wail, swell, whimper, whine, fat, nettle, seethe, swollen, thick, weep, flab
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flitch

noun

verb (used with object)

Origin of flitch

OTHER WORDS FROM flitch

Words nearby flitch

Example sentences from the Web for flitch

British Dictionary definitions for flitch

noun

verb

Word Origin for flitch

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