Definitions for Bacon

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Bacon ba·con

Spelling: [bey-kuh n]

IPA: /ˈbeɪ kən/

Bacon is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 51 anagrams from letters in Bacon (abcno).

Definitions for Bacon

noun

1. the back and sides of the hog, salted and dried or smoked, usually sliced thin and fried for food.
2. Also called white bacon. South Midland and Southern U.S. pork cured in brine; salt pork.
3. Francis (Baron Verulam, Viscount St. Albans) 1561–1626, English essayist, philosopher, and statesman.
4. Francis, 1910–92, English painter, born in Ireland.
5. Henry, 1866–1924, U.S. architect.
6. Nathaniel, 1647–76, American colonist, born in England: leader of a rebellion in Virginia 1676.
7. Roger ("The Admirable Doctor") 1214?–94? English philosopher and scientist.

Idioms

1. bring home the bacon, to provide for material needs; earn a living. to accomplish a task; be successful or victorious:
2. save one's bacon, Informal. to allow one to accomplish a desired end; spare one from injury or loss:

Origin of Bacon

1300-50; Middle English bacoun Anglo-French; Old French bacon Germanic *bakōn- (Old High German bacho back, ham, bacon) derivative of *baka- ba

Examples for Bacon

I got here about the right time of day to save your bacon, anyway.

As a result, bacon explained, “Al Qaeda has incorporated more Pakistanis into its ranks to fill these vacancies.”

If there are yellow streaks in the lean of the bacon, it is rusty, and unfit to eat.

Finished our bacon this morning, and for the future will only have damper and tea.

“Most of the diseases we blame on nutrition are actually diseases of disempowerment,” bacon said.

Wrap cooked crab legs in bacon, and bake at 350 for 8-10 minutes.

But honesty don't get you bread or bacon, not in this world!

Instead of just cutting out whole food groups, bacon says people should pay attention to how food makes them feel.

If intended for poultry, the slips of bacon should not be thicker than a straw.

And if people find themselves dissatisfied with how often they turn to fast food, bacon says to try things like batch cooking.