pork belly

noun

: an uncured side of pork

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The restaurant’s chicken cutlets call for lamb fat, pork fat or pork belly to help add moisture and flavor to the ground chicken. Restaurant Critic, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2026 Starters include pork belly with pearl couscous or shrimp over truffle polenta. Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 6 Mar. 2026 At night, Elizaga hands over control of the Mirador space to chef Diego Muñoz for his Peruvian dinner concept Puna, where ceviche and oysters kick off a potentially long and always fabulous meal that touches bone marrow, chicken and prawn escabeche, and some seriously succulent pork belly. Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Mar. 2026 Entrees include such dishes as pork belly with hatcho yaniniku, Bibb lettuce and shallots and black garlic chicken with carrot puree and charred scallions. Miami Herald, 28 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for pork belly

Word History

First Known Use

1863, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of pork belly was in 1863

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“Pork belly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pork%20belly. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.

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