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Definition of Bacon

1. Noun. Back and sides of a hog salted and dried or smoked; usually sliced thin and fried.

2. Noun. English scientist and Franciscan monk who stressed the importance of experimentation; first showed that air is required for combustion and first used lenses to correct vision (1220-1292).

3. Noun. English statesman and philosopher; precursor of British empiricism; advocated inductive reasoning (1561-1626).

Definition of Bacon

1. n. The back and sides of a pig salted and smoked; formerly, the flesh of a pig salted or fresh.

Definition of Bacon

1. a side of a pig cured and smoked [n -S]

Medical Definition of Bacon

1. The back and sides of a pig salted and smoked; formerly, the flesh of a pig salted or fresh. Bacon beetle, a beetle (Dermestes lardarius) which, especially in the larval state, feeds upon bacon, woolens, furs, etc. See Dermestes. To save one's bacon, to save one's self or property from harm or less. Origin: OF. Bacon, fr. OHG. Bacho, bahho, flitch of bacon, ham; akin to E. Back. Cf. Back the back side. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bacon

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