bacon
part of speech
noun (bacon — uncountable)
meaning for a pupil
1) Bacon is salty meat from the back or sides of a pig, cut in thin slices and usually fried or grilled. tree →
2) (informal, idiom) To bring home the bacon means to earn money for your family. tree →
3) (informal, idiom) To save someone's bacon means to rescue them from trouble. tree →
4) To want someone's bacon means to be after them, wanting to catch or harm them. tree →
sense in the lessons
In everyday life: breakfast, BLT sandwiches, a full English breakfast; in religion lessons, Jews and Muslims usually do not eat pork, so not bacon; in idioms in stories and talk; also Francis Bacon, a famous English thinker (a name).
examples
- Dad fried bacon and eggs for breakfast. tree →
- I'd like a bacon sandwich, please. tree →
- Some people do not eat bacon because of their religion. tree →
- You saved my bacon by lending me a pen! tree →
- Grandad worked hard to bring home the bacon. tree →
- Crispy bacon smells delicious. tree →
- But he wants my bacon! gree-ee-ee!" tree →
note
Uncountable: «some bacon», «a slice/rasher of bacon» (rasher is UK), not «a bacon». Halal and kosher food rules forbid pork.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «bacon» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.