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{
"term": "bacon",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "meat from the back or sides of a pig that has been cured (= preserved using salt or smoke), usually served in thin slices",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a rasher of bacon"
},
{
"text": "bacon and eggs"
},
{
"text": "**smoked/unsmoked bacon**"
},
{
"text": "Fry the bacon until crisp."
},
{
"text": "I'll have two rashers of bacon and a fried egg."
},
{
"text": "A whole side of bacon was hanging from a hook on the ceiling."
}
],
"topics": ["Food"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["lean", "streaky", "back"],
"… of bacon": ["bit", "piece", "rasher"],
"verb + bacon": ["cook", "fry", "grill"],
"bacon + noun": ["fat", "grease", "rind"],
"phrases": ["bacon, lettuce and tomato"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to be successful at something; to earn money for your family to live on",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "His friends had all gone to college or were bringing home the bacon."
}
],
"topics": ["Success"]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to rescue somebody from a very difficult situation",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He's out to save his own political neck."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈbeɪkən/",
"audio": "ba/bacon/bacon__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈbeɪkən/",
"audio": "ba/bacon/bacon__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French, from a Germanic word meaning ‘ham, flitch’; related to back."
}