noun
Meaning 1
A barrel used to store pork.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
pork barrel
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UK: /ˈpɔːkˌbaɹəl/
noun
Meaning 2
A ready supply of income; one's livelihood.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
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noun
Meaning 3
State funds as assigned for local or regional expenditure; especially, central money used for regional projects which are eyecatching or designed to appeal to voters.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, attributive, often
Topics: government, politics
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noun
Meaning 4
a legislative appropriation designed to ingratiate legislators with their constituents
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pork
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: appropriation
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Czech: porcování medvěda — funds assigned for local expenditure
- Danish: valgflæsk — funds assigned for local expenditure
- Finnish: tukiaiset — funds assigned for local expenditure
- Finnish: siltarumpupolitiikka — funds assigned for local expenditure
- French: assiette au beurre — funds assigned for local expenditure
- German: Kirchturmpolitik — funds assigned for local expenditure
- Indonesian: gentong babi — funds assigned for local expenditure
- Polish: kiełbasa wyborcza — funds assigned for local expenditure
- Russian: казённый пирог (kazjónnyj pirog) — funds assigned for local expenditure
- Swedish: valfläsk — funds assigned for local expenditure