[U] meat from the back or sides of a pig that has been CURED (= preserved using salt or smoke), usually served in thin slices:
a rasher of bacon * bacon and eggs * smoked / unsmoked bacon
compareGAMMON, HAM(1), PORK
IDIOMS see HOMEadv., SAVEv.
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