| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| bacon |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ba·con |
| PRONUNCIATION: | b k n |
| NOUN: | The salted and smoked meat from the back and sides of a pig. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Old French, of Germanic origin.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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