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Definitions for Flitch

[1] the side of a hog (or, formerly, some other animal) salted and cured: a flitch of bacon.
[2] a steak cut from a halibut.
[3] Carpentry . a piece, as a board, forming part of a flitch beam. a thin piece of wood, as a veneer. a bundle of veneers, arranged as cut from the log. a log about to be cut into veneers. cant2(def 8) .
[4] to cut into flitches.
[5] Carpentry . to assemble (boards or the like) into a laminated construction.
[6] a side of pork salted and cured
[7] a steak cut from the side of certain fishes, esp halibut
[8] a piece of timber cut lengthways from a tree trunk, esp one that is larger than 4 by 12 inches
[9] (tr) to cut (a tree trunk) into flitches

Words related to Flitch

shave, slice, rip, slash, carve, curtail, divide, whale, sob, wail, swell, whimper, whine, fat, nettle, seethe, swollen, thick, weep, flab

Words nearby Flitch

flirtable, flirtation, flirtatious, flit, flit gun, flitch, flitch beam, flitchplate, flite, fliting, flitter

Origin of Flitch

before 900; Middle English flicche, Old English flicca; cognate with Middle Low German vlicke, Old Norse flikki

Other words from Flitch

un·flitched , adjective

Word origin for Flitch

Old English flicce ; related to Old Norse flikki , Middle Low German vlicke , Norwegian flika ; see flesh

Synonyms for Flitch

blub, fat, flab, nettle, seethe, sob, swell, swollen, thick, wail, weep, whale, whimper, whine