Standard Lemma guide

rasher

adj · noun · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • răsh'ə r
  • /ˈɹæʃə(ɹ)/
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  • rhymes with -æʃə(ɹ)

1

adj

Meaning 1

comparative form of rash: more rash

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: comparative, form-of

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A strip of bacon; a piece of bacon.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Ireland, UK

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A strip, a piece (of something, such as ham, bacon, etc).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Ireland, UK

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To cut into rashers.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

a commercially important fish of the Pacific coast of North America

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: vermillion rockfish, Sebastodes miniatus

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: rockfish

History

Etymology

From rash + -er.

Unknown origin. Said to be an alteration of rasure.

Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: viipale — a strip of bacon
  • Finnish: pekoniviipale — a strip of bacon
  • French: tranche de bacon — a strip of bacon
  • Galician: isco — a strip of bacon
  • German: Schnitte — a strip of bacon
  • German: Speckschnitte — a strip of bacon
  • German: Scheibe — a strip of bacon
  • German: Speckscheibe — a strip of bacon
  • German: Streifen — a strip of bacon
  • German: Speckstreifen — a strip of bacon
  • Māori: hōripi — a strip of bacon
  • Māori: kōripi — a strip of bacon
  • Polish: plasterek — a strip of bacon
  • Portuguese: fatia de toucinho — a strip of bacon
  • Russian: ло́мтик беко́на (lómtik bekóna) — a strip of bacon
  • Spanish: magra — a strip of bacon
  • Spanish: lonja — a strip of bacon
  • Spanish: loncha — a strip of bacon
  • Spanish: feta — a strip of bacon
  • Swedish: baconskiva — a strip of bacon
  • Ukrainian: скибочка бекону (skybočka bekonu) — a strip of bacon