pork
noun /pɔːk/
/pɔːrk/
[uncountable]- meat from a pig that has not been cured (= preserved using salt or smoke)
- roast pork
- pork chops
- a leg of pork
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- fresh
- roast
- salt
- …
- bit
- piece
- slice
- …
- chop
- pie
- sausage
- …
- sweet-and-sour pork
- (also pork barrel)(North American English, informal) local projects that are given a lot of government money in order to win votes; the money that is used
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French porc, from Latin porcus ‘pig’.