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BACON

Definition:

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)
   Synonyms: Bacon, Roger Bacon
   
   
3. [noun] English statesman and philosopher; precursor of British empiricism; advocated inductive reasoning (1561-1626)
   Synonyms: Bacon, Francis Bacon, Sir Francis Bacon, Baron Verulam, 1st Baron Verulam, Viscount St. Albans
   
   

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Related Words:

• flitch, side of bacon
• gammon
• bacon strip
• Canadian bacon

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