Pork

Pronunciation: /pɔrk/

Definitions of pork

noun meat from a pig, typically fresh or preserved by smoking, salting, or pickling

Example Sentences

A1 I like to eat pork.

A2 She cooked a delicious pork roast for dinner.

B1 Pork is a popular meat choice in many cuisines around the world.

B2 The chef prepared a gourmet pork dish with a raspberry glaze.

C1 The farm specializes in raising organic pork without antibiotics.

C2 The butcher recommended the heritage breed pork for its superior flavor and marbling.

Examples of pork in a Sentence

formal The chef prepared a delicious pork roast for the dinner party.

informal I love a good pork chop for dinner.

slang Let's grab some BBQ pork ribs for lunch.

figurative His argument was as flimsy as a pork sausage casing.

Grammatical Forms of pork

• past tense: porked
• plural: porks
• comparative: more pork
• superlative: most pork
• present tense: porks
• future tense: will pork
• perfect tense: have porked
• continuous tense: is porking
• singular: pork
• positive degree: pork
• infinitive: to pork
• gerund: porking
• participle: porked

Origin and Evolution of pork

First Known Use: 1250 year

Language of Origin: Latin

Story behind the word: The word 'pork' originated from the Old French word 'porc' which came from the Latin word 'porcus' meaning pig.

Evolution of the word: Over time, the word 'pork' specifically came to refer to the meat of a pig, distinct from the live animal itself.