lard

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   soft white fat rendered from pigs and used in cooking

   She used lard to make the pastry crisp and flaky.

2. 2
   verb

   to insert strips of fat into meat before cooking, or to smear or cook food with lard

   The cook larded the lean roast before placing it in the oven.

3. 3
   verb

   to fill or intersperse speech or writing with a large amount of something, often unnecessarily

   The report was larded with technical jargon that obscured its main point.

From Middle English lard, via Old French lard ("bacon") from Latin lardum or laridum ("bacon fat"). English extended the culinary verb from inserting or spreading fat to figuratively filling speech or writing with extraneous material.

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