pork belly

noun

A boneless cut of fatty meat from the belly of a pig.

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belly pork
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Meanings

nounpork belly (usually uncountable, plural pork bellies)

plural pork bellies

  1. uncountableusuallyA boneless cut of fatty meat from the belly of a pig.

    I thought I would spend a lot of time eating pork belly bought in the store, but no. Great Wall does sell pork belly but not in thinly sliced form, rather in thick rolls.

    2012 April, Tyler Cowen, “Revolutionizing the Supermarket Experience”, in An Economist Gets Lunch: New Rules for Everyday Foodies, New York, N.Y.: Dutton, →ISBN, page 48

    Synonyms: belly pork

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA boneless cut of fatty meat from the belly of a pig.

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belly pork

Translations

Afrikaans varklies
  • varkliesboneless cut of fatty meat
Chinese Cantonese 五花腩, 豬腩肉 /猪腩肉
  • 五花腩 (ng⁵ faa¹ naam⁵)boneless cut of fatty meat
  • 豬腩肉 /猪腩肉 (zyu¹ naam⁵ juk⁶)boneless cut of fatty meat
Chinese Mandarin 五花肉, 豬腩 /猪腩
  • 五花肉 (wǔhuāròu)boneless cut of fatty meat
  • 豬腩 /猪腩 (zhūnǎn)boneless cut of fatty meat
  • 三層肉 /三层肉 (sāncéngròu)boneless cut of fatty meat
Finnish porsaankylki
  • porsaankylkiboneless cut of fatty meat
French poitrine de porc
  • poitrine de porcboneless cut of fatty meat
German Schweinebauch
  • Schweinebauchboneless cut of fatty meat
Indonesian samcan
  • samcanboneless cut of fatty meat
Japanese 豚バラ
  • 豚バラ (buta bara)boneless cut of fatty meat
Korean 삼겹살
  • 삼겹살 (samgyeopsal)boneless cut of fatty meat
Latin spectile
  • spectileboneless cut of fatty meat
Polish boczek
  • boczekboneless cut of fatty meat
Russian свина́я груди́нка
  • свина́я груди́нка (svinája grudínka)boneless cut of fatty meat
Spanish panza de cerdo
  • panza de cerdoboneless cut of fatty meat
Swedish sidfläsk, fläsk
  • sidfläskboneless cut of fatty meat
  • fläskboneless cut of fatty meat
Tagalog liempo
  • liempoboneless cut of fatty meat
Thai หมูสามชั้น
  • หมูสามชั้น (mǔu-sǎam-chán)boneless cut of fatty meat
Vietnamese ba chỉ, ba rọi
  • ba chỉboneless cut of fatty meat
  • ba rọiboneless cut of fatty meat
Cite this entry
APA

pork belly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pork%20belly

MLA

“pork belly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pork%20belly. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pork belly,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pork%20belly.

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