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bacon

/bˈeɪkʌn/noun2 syllables

Bacon means: English statesman and philosopher; precursor of British empiricism; advocated inductive reasoning (1561-1626).

Synonyms for bacon6

noun, as in English statesman and philosopher; precursor of British empiricism; advocated inductive reasoning (1561-1626)

Francis Bacon, Sir Francis Bacon, Baron Verulam, 1st Baron Verulam, Viscount St. Albans

noun, as in English scientist and Franciscan monk who stressed the importance of experimentation; first showed that air is required for combustion and first used lenses to correct vision (1220-1292)

Roger Bacon

What does bacon mean?3

noun

1

English statesman and philosopher; precursor of British empiricism; advocated inductive reasoning (1561-1626)

2

English scientist and Franciscan monk who stressed the importance of experimentation; first showed that air is required for combustion and first used lenses to correct vision (1220-1292)

3

back and sides of a hog salted and dried or smoked; usually sliced thin and fried

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with bacon?7

two syllables

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three syllables

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Bacon in a sentence

  • Clarified butter, vegetable oils, bacon drippings or lard are commonly used fats.CM
  • If ashes were flour and peat was bacon, we'd eat bacon pancakes every day.Dorenda
  • Consisting of bacon and cheese, the sandwich was quite greasy.unknown
  • Bacon, lard, butter, cream, margarine and oil are all very fatty foods.carlosalberto
  • Who brings home the bacon, you or me?felidad
  • You had bacon and eggs for breakfast, didn't you?CK
  • The meal comes with eggs, cheese and bacon.laetitiamg
  • Bacon, lard, butter, cream, margarine, and oil are very greasy ingredients.AlanF_US

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