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noun
The flank or side of an animal, now almost exclusively a pig when cured and salted; a side of bacon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A piece or strip cut off of something else, generally a piece of wood (timber).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To cut into, or off in, flitches or strips.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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noun
salted and cured abdominal wall of a side of pork
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: side of bacon
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Broader terms: bacon
noun
fish steak usually cut from a halibut
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: fish steak
History
From Middle English flicche, from Old English fliċċe (“side of an animal, flitch”), from Proto-Germanic *flikkiją (“side, flitch”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleh1ḱ- (“to tear, peel off”). Cognate with Low German flikke, French flèche, Icelandic flikki (“flitch”), Middle Low German vlicke.
Across languages
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
