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PORC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does porc mean?
• PORC (noun)
The noun PORC has 1 sense:
1. meat from a domestic hog or pig
Familiarity information: PORC used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Meat from a domestic hog or pig
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Synonyms:
porc; pork
Hypernyms ("porc" is a kind of...):
meat (the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food)
Meronyms (parts of "porc"):
cut of pork (cut of meat from a hog or pig)
pork loin (meat from a loin of pork)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "porc"):
cochon de lait; suckling pig (whole young pig suitable for roasting)
salt pork (fat from the back and sides and belly of a hog carcass cured with salt)
pigs' feet; pigs' knuckles (feet or knuckles of hogs used as food; pickled or stewed or jellied)
Holonyms ("porc" is a part of...):
grunter; hog; pig; squealer; Sus scrofa (domestic swine)
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