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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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