BACON
What does "BACON" mean?
Cured meat from the back or sides of a pig, usually sliced and fried.
Meanings
- Salted and often smoked pork from the back or belly of a pig, typically eaten in thin fried slices. The whole house woke to the smell of bacon in the pan.
- One's livelihood or income, in the idiom 'bring home the bacon'. Someone had to bring home the bacon while she finished her degree. figurative
Did you know?
- The expression 'bring home the bacon' is first recorded in print in 1906, in a telegram from boxer Joe Gans's mother urging him to win and 'bring home the bacon.'
Word origin
From Old French 'bacon' meaning ham or side of pork, of Germanic origin, related to Old High German 'bahho' (back, side of bacon); ultimately tied to the word 'back'.
Remember it
BACON = the pig's BACk + ON the pan: where bacon comes from, then where it ends up.
A little poem
Cold pan, then a hiss-
ribbons of fat curl to gold;
the house wakes up hungry.
haiku
Wordplay
- Why did the pig quit acting? Every role kept turning into bacon - he was tired of being typecast.
What it teaches
Comfort sells itself by smell before taste - some things win you over before you've decided.
Quick facts
What does BACON mean?
Cured meat from the back or sides of a pig, usually sliced and fried.
Is BACON a valid word?
Yes — BACON is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is BACON?
BACON has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does BACON come from?
From Old French 'bacon' meaning ham or side of pork, of Germanic origin, related to Old High German 'bahho' (back, side of bacon); ultimately tied to the word 'back'.
What can BACON teach us?
Comfort sells itself by smell before taste - some things win you over before you've decided.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.