fatback

noun

fat·​back ˈfat-ˌbak 

: the strip of fat from the back of a hog carcass usually cured by drying and salting

Examples of fatback in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The rice and beans are cooked slowly with bacon, fatback, or ham hock along with onion and salt. — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 30 Dec. 2025

Gently fill the cavity of the turkey with the mixture and cover the breast with remaining slices of fatback. — The Editors, Field & Stream, 23 Nov. 2023

In school, the other children and teachers ridiculed him—for his accent, his coveralls, his lunches of fatback and collard greens. — Francesca Mari, The New Yorker, 30 Nov. 2020

The dumplings are a Chinese-Korean hybrid, says Lee, steamed to preserve the delicate wrapper and stuffed with ground pork, buttered kimchi and emulsified fatback. — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2019

Those who use Rick Bragg’s latest meander into Southern life as a cookbook will need to gird their culinary loins — and not be a scared of liberal doses of Crisco, fatback drippings, lard, bacon grease, cracklin’ meat and such. — David Holahan, USA TODAY, 23 Apr. 2018

Word History

First Known Use

1903, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for fatback

• aback
• attack
• backpack
• backtrack
• bareback
• blackjack
• brownback
• buyback
• callback
• cognac
• comeback
• cutback

Kids Definition

fatback

noun

fat·​back ˈfat-ˌbak 

: the strip of fat from the back of a hog carcass