How do you pronounce lard?

The recorded pronunciation is /lɑɹd/.

Where does lard come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

lard

/lɑɹd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.98 in modern English

Syllables: lard
IPA: /lɑɹd/

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Meaning

noun

Fat from the abdomen of a pig, especially as prepared for use in cooking or pharmacy.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Fatty meat from a pig; bacon, pork.

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

noun

Excess fat on a person or animal.

Countable; Slang; Uncountable

verb

To stuff (meat) with bacon or pork before cooking.

verb

To smear with fat or lard.

verb

To distribute, garnish or strew, especially with reference to fatty or greasy things or words or phrases in speech and writing.

verb

To fatten; to enrich.

verb

To mix or garnish with something, as by way of improvement; to interlard.

Example Sentences

"Lard mixed with crushed and strained garlic has been used as an erotic ointment."
"My wonderful partner is fond of pointing out that he and I have done the Covid crisis on easy mode: we have no children, no caring responsibilities, […] we have a fabulous community of people at our local fitness studio to keep the lockdown lard at bay and the cats love joining us for afternoon naps."
"In his buff doublet larded o'er with fat / Of slaughtered brutes."
"The first notice came from — of course — a Trump tweet, after his meeting with Barr on the question of voter fraud allegations in the 2020 election. Barr made a point of noting the topic in his resignation letter, which was larded with slavish praise for the president's accomplishments in the face of what Barr called "relentless, implacable resistance.""
"[The oak] with his nuts larded many swine."
"Falstaff sweats to death, / And lards the lean earth as he walks along."

Etymology

From Middle English lard, from Old French lard (“bacon”), from Latin lārdum, lāridum (“bacon fat”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: lard, lārdum, larden, larder, lārdō

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /lɑɹd/
British English: /lɑːd/

Usage

Inflected Forms

lards (plural) lards (present, singular) larding (participle, present) larded (participle, past) larded (past)

Derived Forms

Amerilard enlard interlard lardaceous lardarse lardass lardassed lardball lardboy lardbucket lardbutt lardhead

Phrases

bald as a bladder of lard lard-arse lard-ass lard-assed lard-bucket lard down lard up lardy cake

Synonyms

embroider pad embellish aggrandize aggrandise blow up dramatize dramatise

Rhymes With

hard card guard yard regard bernard starred barred gerard disregard discard retard

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