lard
IPA: ɫˈɑrd
noun
- Fat from the abdomen of a pig, especially as prepared for use in cooking or pharmacy.
- (obsolete) Fatty meat from a pig; bacon, pork.
- (slang) Excess fat on a person or animal.
- A surname.
verb
- (cooking) To stuff (meat) with bacon or pork before cooking.
- To smear with fat or lard.
- To garnish or strew, especially with reference to words or phrases in speech and writing.
- To fatten; to enrich.
- To mix or garnish with something, as by way of improvement; to interlard.
- To embellish with unnecessary frills; to pad.
- (obsolete, intransitive) To grow fat.
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Examples of "lard" in Sentences
- So when you eat pie or hot biscuit, in which animal lard is used, _you eat raw animal lard_.
- "The word lard has become this generally derogatory term associated with fat and disgustingness," says Dan Pashman who hosts a food podcast called The Sporkful.
- Be sure to try tasajo (delicious grilled beef, which might be the meat in Anónimo's photograph), and a tlayuda con asiento (a great big crisp tortilla spread with what's on the bottom of the pot after lard is rendered and strained -- it's marvelous).
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