pork belly

noun

: an uncured side of pork

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Heaped upon it: pork products representing every hue on the glistening spectrum from brown to pink (rosy ham hock, charred pork belly, thick shoulder slices, a common hot dog). Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 5 June 2025 The menu will largely mirror the food offerings at the other restaurants, featuring such specialties as glazed pork belly, mac and cheese that includes a five-cheese fondue, lamb hummus and an assortment of pizzas. Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2025 Sizzling sisig, with pork belly, ears and liver is killer with a squeeze of calamansi. Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 May 2025 The spud’s earthiness also adds to the dish’s vegetal flavors, layers of charred cabbage, onion and potato, uplifting the aromatic richness of pork belly fat. The New York Times, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for pork belly

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. 2025.

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