pork
PORK/poɹk/PAWK/pɔːk/
Pluralporks (some meanings)
Pluralporks (some meanings)
- 1Meat that comes from a pig.
We had pork and rice for dinner.
My brother doesn't eat pork, so we made him chicken.
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- 2Government money a lawmaker asks for to help special groups or their own area, not the whole country.
The senator's rivals called the new bridge money pork.
Voters are tired of so much pork in the budget.
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- 5In chess, a position where a player's pieces are caught in a pin and a fork at the same time.
My little brother beat me with a pork in our last game.
One quick move left her pieces stuck in a pork.
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Origins
Meanings 1–4
It came into English in the 1300s from the French word porc, from the Latin word porcus, meaning “pig”.
Meaning 5
It is a blend of pin and fork.