Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sowbelly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sow-bel-ly
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Salted pork from the belly of a pig.

American usage

Example Sentences

"The process consists of laying a side of bacon, profanely called "sowbelly," flat on the ground, and eliminating, by a dexterous use of the knife... — Collections of the Kansas State Historical Society (1918)"

Etymology

From sow + belly.

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

sowbellies (plural)

Questions

What does sowbelly mean?: Salted pork from the belly of a pig.
Where does sowbelly come from?: From sow + belly.

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