pork
n. uncountablen. the meat that comes from a pig. It is a common food used in dishes like bacon, ham, or sausages.
n. the culinary name for the flesh of a domestic pig. Used to describe the meat as a food product rather than the living animal.
We are having roast pork for dinner tonight.
Many traditional recipes in this region use ground pork mixed with herbs to fill savory dumplings.
While the consumption of pork is strictly prohibited in certain religious traditions, it remains the most widely consumed meat globally, particularly across East Asia and Europe.
From Middle English pork, porc, via Anglo-Norman, from Old French porc (“swine, hog, pig; pork”), from Latin porcus (“domestic hog, pig”). Cognate with Old English fearh (“piglet”). Doublet of farrow. Compare also other West Germanic words for pigs: Ferkel, Ferke, and varken. Used in English since the 14th century, and as a term of abuse since the 17th century. US politics sense is related to pork barrel.
Blend of pin + fork.
Uncountable when referring to the meat as a food substance; can be countable when referring to specific types or varieties of the meat.