"fatback" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fatbacks [plural]
Etymology: fat + back Etymology templates: {{compound|en|fat|back}} fat + back Head templates: {{en-noun}} fatback (plural fatbacks)
  1. (US) A layer of fat, along the back of a pig, used as a cut of meat or to make lard Tags: US Categories (topical): Cuts of meat Translations (layer of fat): selkärasva (Finnish), słonina [feminine] (Polish), ryggspäck [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-fatback-en-noun-LWop0f-8 Disambiguation of Cuts of meat: 49 51 Categories (other): American English Disambiguation of 'layer of fat': 100 0
  2. A fish, the menhaden. Categories (topical): Cuts of meat Categories (lifeform): Herrings
    Sense id: en-fatback-en-noun-ORnwhYzV Disambiguation of Cuts of meat: 49 51 Disambiguation of Herrings: 4 96 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 72 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 15 85

Inflected forms

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