Thesaurus: bacon

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1. n. The back and sides of a pig salted and smoked; formerly, the flesh of a pig salted or fresh.
2. n. back and sides of a hog salted and dried or smoked; usually sliced thin and fried
3. The back and sides of a pig salted and smoked; formerly, the flesh of a pig salted or fresh. Bacon beetle (Zoöl.), a beetle (Dermestes lardarius) which, especially in the larval state, feeds upon bacon, woolens, furs, etc. See Dermestes. -- To save one's bacon, to save one's self or property from harm or less. [Colloq.]
4. The back and sides of a pig salted and smoked; formerly, theflesh of a pig salted or fresh. Bacon beetle (Zoöl.), a beetle(Dermestes lardarius) which, especially in the larval state, feedsupon bacon, woolens, furs, etc. See Dermestes.-- To save one's bacon, to save one's self or property from harm orless. [Colloq.]
5. n:100 n. back and sides of a hog salted and dried or smoked; usually sliced thin and fried n. English scientist and Franciscan monk who stressed the importance of experimentation; first showed that air is required for combustion and first used lenses to correct vision (1220-1292) n. English statesman and philosopher; precursor of British empiricism; advocated inductive reasoning (1561-1626)