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Definitions for Bacon

[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] bring home the bacon , to provide for material needs; earn a living. to accomplish a task; be successful or victorious: Our governor went to Washington to appeal for disaster relief and brought home the bacon—$40 million.
[4] save one's bacon , Informal . to allow one to accomplish a desired end; spare one from injury or loss: Quick thinking saved our bacon.
[5] Francis Baron Verulam, Viscount St. Albans , 1561–1626, English essayist, philosopher, and statesman.
[6] Francis, 1910–92, English painter, born in Ireland.
[7] Henry, 1866–1924, U.S. architect.
[8] Nathaniel, 1647–76, American colonist, born in England: leader of a rebellion in Virginia 1676.
[9] Roger The Admirable Doctor , 1214?–94?, English philosopher and scientist.
[10] meat from the back and sides of a pig, dried, salted, and usually smoked
[11] bring home the bacon informal to achieve success to provide material support
[12] save someone's bacon British informal to help someone to escape from danger
[13] Francis , Baron Verulam, Viscount St Albans. 1561–1626, English philosopher, statesman, and essayist; described the inductive method of reasoning: his works include Essays (1625), The Advancement of Learning (1605), and Novum Organum (1620)
[14] Francis . 1909–92, British painter, born in Dublin, noted for his distorted, richly coloured human figures, dogs, and carcasses
[15] Roger . ?1214–92, English Franciscan monk, scholar, and scientist: stressed the importance of experiment, demonstrated that air is required for combustion, and first used lenses to correct vision. His Opus Majus (1266) is a compendium of all the sciences of his age

Words related to Bacon

pancetta, pork, rasher, sowbelly, gammon

Words nearby Bacon

backwrap, backyard, baclava, bacne, bacolod, bacon, bacon beetle, bacon's rebellion, bacon, francis, bacon-and-eggs, baconburger

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- back1; compare Middle Dutch bake bacon

Word origin for Bacon

C12: from Old French bacon , from Old High German bahho ; related to Old Saxon baco ; see back 1

Synonyms for Bacon

pancetta, pork, gammon, rasher, sowbelly, pork slab, porkbellies