salt pork

noun

: fat pork cured in salt or brine

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While the addition of ham hocks, salt pork or bacon to a pot of peas certainly won't place the meal in the heart-healthy category, the peas themselves provide good nutrition. Sheila Yount, Arkansas Online, 1 Aug. 2025 On the side are toasted triangles of rye bread and several slices of melt-on-the-tongue salo — salt pork, similar to Italian lardo, that is ubiquitous to Ukrainian culture. Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2025 Now the scent and sizzle of salt pork filled the house and soon large pieces of bread fried in the fat appeared. Louise Erdrich, New Yorker, 25 May 2025 Fry the diced salt pork or pork belly until crunchy. Barbara Ellis, Denver Post, 11 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for salt pork

Word History

First Known Use

1708, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of salt pork was in 1708

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“Salt pork.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/salt%20pork. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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