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lard

8 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) lard (verb)
  2. 2) lard (noun)
  3. lard oil (noun)
  4. lard stearin (noun)
  5. lard stone (noun)
  6. lard type (noun)
  7. leaf lard (noun)
  8. neutral lard (noun)

1lard

verb \ˈlärd\

Definition of LARD

transitive verb
1
a : to dress (meat) for cooking by inserting or covering with something (as strips of fat) b : to cover or soil with grease
2
: to augment or intersperse especially with something superfluous or excessive <the book is larded with subplots>
3
obsolete : to make rich with or as if with fat
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Examples of LARD

  1. a roast larded with bacon

First Known Use of LARD

14th century

Rhymes with LARD

bard, barred, card, chard, Dard, fard, guard, hard, nard, pard, sard, shard, yard

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