pork belly

noun

: an uncured side of pork

Examples of pork belly in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Prey’s top-sellers include a Japanese hamachi crudo and bahn mi burger with crispy pork belly. Brandon Hernández, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2024 The meat options include prime Angus, tenderloin, lamb shoulder, pork belly, chicken breast, goat slices, beef aorta, Chinese sausage and duck blood. John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 4 June 2024 The fine dining Casa Amate is decorated like a high-class library room, offering a gastronomic tour of Latin America: pork belly with achiote sauce, Venezuelan arepas, roasted plátanos in coconut milk, or Uruguayan chupin (fish soup). Harriet Marsden, The Week Uk, theweek, 26 Feb. 2024 Particularly keen sommeliers preside here, so be sure to pick their brains on what to pair with your pork belly. Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Mar. 2023 See all Example Sentences for pork belly 

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Word History

First Known Use

1863, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of pork belly was in 1863

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“Pork belly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pork%20belly. Accessed 30 Jun. 2024.

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