flitch

/flitch/

Thân thiện

A butcher hangs a flitch of bacon in the shop.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A side of pork (bacon) that has been salted and cured: Specifically refers to the cured abdominal wall or side of a pig, often used to make bacon.
   • A steak or slice of fish, especially halibut: A thick, boneless piece of fish, typically cut for grilling or frying.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • The butcher hung the flitch of bacon in the smokehouse to cure.
  • For dinner, we grilled a flitch of halibut with lemon and herbs.

Advanced Usage

• "Flitch beam": In carpentry and historical construction, this refers to a compound beam made by sandwiching a metal plate between two wooden beams.
  • The old barn was supported by sturdy flitch beams.

Variants and Related Words

• Bacon: (n) Cured meat from the back or sides of a pig, similar to a flitch but often sliced.
• Slab: (n) A broad, flat, thick piece, which can describe the form of a flitch of bacon or fish.
• Side: (n) In butchery, one half of a carcass, which is the source of a flitch.

Synonyms

• Side of bacon: Specifically for the pork product.
• Fish steak: For the cut of fish.

Related Phrases

• To flitch: (verb, rare/technical) To cut into flitches.
  • The fishmonger will flitch the halibut for you.

Học thuật

Noun

1. salted and cured abdominal wall of a side of pork
2. fish steak usually cut from a halibut

Từ đồng nghĩa

• side of bacon