pork
/poɹk/
noun
The meat of a pig.
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Noun 2 meanings
The meat of a pig.
“The cafeteria serves pork on Tuesdays.”
A position in which a player's pieces are both pinned and forked at the same time.
Where it comes from
Etymology
From Middle English pork, porc, via Anglo-Norman, from Old French porc (“swine, hog, pig; pork”), from Latin porcus (“domestic hog, pig”). Cognate with Old English fearh (“piglet”). Doublet of farrow. Compare also other West Germanic words for pigs: Ferkel, Ferke, and varken.
Similar and opposite words
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pigfleshpigmeatswinefleshswinemeat
PORK at a glance
PORK has 4 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (P 3 + O 1 + R 1 + K 5) and 11 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,714 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with pork
All rhymes- WORK11
- YORK11
- NETWORK14
- FRAMEWORK21
- HOMEWORK20
- ARTWORK14
- FORK11
- PAPERWORK20
- CORK10
- TEAMWORK17
- WOODWORK19
- CLOCKWORK24
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