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Definition of pork bellies
pork bellies
Plural:pork bellies
• noun
1
Boneless, fatty cuts of meat taken from the underside of a pig after the loin and spareribs have been removed, commonly cured to make bacon or slow-cooked as a culinary dish.
Example
"The restaurant's kitchen braised the pork bellies for several hours in soy sauce, ginger, and star anise until the meat was tender."
2
In financial and agricultural markets, frozen uncured sides of pork formerly traded as standardized futures contracts on commodity exchanges to hedge against seasonal price fluctuations in livestock and bacon production.
Example
"For decades, trading in pork bellies on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange was a well-known benchmark of the agricultural commodities market."
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Wordmom. (2026). Definition of Pork bellies. In Wordmom Dictionary. Retrieved Nov 5, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/dictionary/pork-bellies