lard
lard Lexical Profile
lard Game Scores & Validity
• noun
Fat from the abdomen of a pig that is rendered and clarified for use in cooking and baking.
"She substituted lard for butter to make the pie crust exceptionally flaky."
• verb
To insert strips of fat or bacon into (meat) before cooking in order to prevent it from drying out.
"The chef decided to lard the venison roast to ensure it remained tender and juicy during the long cooking process."
To embellish or intersperse a piece of writing or speech with a variety of expressions, often excessively.
"He tends to lard his essays with unnecessary academic jargon, making them dense and difficult to read."
• Rhymes for lard
Word Origin & Etymology
From Middle English, derived from Old French 'larde' (noun) and 'larder' (verb), tracing back to Latin 'lardum' meaning 'bacon fat'.
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