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- Dictionarylard/lɑːd/
noun
- 1. fat from the abdomen of a pig that is rendered and clarified for use in cooking.
- 2. excess fat in a person: informal "I've got to give up fags and shift some lard"
verb
- 1. insert strips of fat or bacon in (meat) before cooking: "he larded the joint with garlic and anchovies"
- 2. embellish (talk or writing) with an excessive number of esoteric or technical expressions: "his conversation is larded with quotations from Coleridge"
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Lard is a semi-solid white fat product obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of a pig. [3] [4] It is distinguished from tallow, a similar product derived from fat of cattle or sheep . Lard can be rendered by steaming, boiling, or dry heat.
1. a. : to dress (meat) for cooking by inserting or covering with something (such 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. lard. 2 of 2. noun.
LARD definition: 1. a white substance made from pig fat and used in cooking 2. a white substance made from pig fat…. Learn more.
Lard definition: the rendered fat of hogs, especially the internal fat of the abdomen.. See examples of LARD used in a sentence.
n. 1. (Cookery) the rendered fat from a pig, esp from the abdomen, used in cooking. 2. informal excess fat on a person's body. vb ( tr) 3. (Cookery) to prepare (lean meat, poultry, etc) by inserting small strips of bacon or fat before cooking. 4. (Cookery) to cover or smear (foods) with lard.
a soft, white, creamy substance made from the fat of pigs and used in cooking and baking. (Definition of lard from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
1. uncountable noun. Lard is soft white fat obtained from pigs. It is used in cooking. ...lard or beef fat. 2. verb. If speech or writing is larded with particular types of words, it contains a lot of them or too many of them. Official speeches in recent days have been larded with promises of democracy. [be V -ed with n]
Lard is rendered animal fat that's used for cooking. Although many bakers use butter or vegetable shortening in their pie crust, others swear by the rich flavor of lard.
Definition of lard noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Noun. Verb. Pronoun. Filter. noun. lards. The soft, white solid made by melting down and clarifying the fat of hogs, esp. the inner abdominal fat. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Excess fat on the human body. Webster's New World. Synonyms: shortening. oil. garnish. leaflard. lace. axunge.--v. interlard. flare. enrich. cover. coat. tallow.
