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FLITCH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does flitch mean? 

FLITCH (noun)
  The noun FLITCH has 2 senses:

1. fish steak usually cut from a halibutplay

2. salted and cured abdominal wall of a side of porkplay

  Familiarity information: FLITCH used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FLITCH (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Fish steak usually cut from a halibut

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("flitch" is a kind of...):

fish steak (cross-section slice of a large fish)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Salted and cured abdominal wall of a side of pork

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

flitch; side of bacon

Hypernyms ("flitch" is a kind of...):

bacon (back and sides of a hog salted and dried or smoked; usually sliced thin and fried)

Meronyms (parts of "flitch"):

gammon (hind portion of a side of bacon)

Holonyms ("flitch" is a part of...):

side of pork (dressed half of a hog carcass)


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