| lard (Greek: fat > Latin: [lardum] bacon).lard: 1. White, slightly soft, rendered pork used in cooking and baking and as a base in some ointments and perfumes.  2. The purified internal fat of the abdomen of the hog. 3. Also, adeps [denoting fat or adipose tissue; the rendered fat of swine; lard, used in the preparation of ointments]. lardaceous, lardeous, lardiform: 1. Resembling lard; waxy, fatty.  2. Containing lardacein. larder: 1. A cool place, especially a small room or large cupboard, used for storing food; a supply of food.  2. A room or closet in which meat and other provisions are stored. 3. Originally thought to be a place where bacon was stored. lardy: Full of or containing lard; fat.
 lardon, lardoon: One of the pieces of bacon or pork which are inserted in meat in the process of larding.
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