Noun: lard
Sample Sentences
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Lard mixed with crushed and strained garlic has been used as an erotic ointment. [1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 135:]
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My wonderful partner is fond of pointing out that he and I have done the Covid crisis on easy mode: we have no children, no caring responsibilities, […] we have a fabulous community of people at our local fitness studio to keep the lockdown lard at bay and the cats love joining us for afternoon naps. [2020, Sophie Ranald, Thank You, Next: A perfect, uplifting and funny romantic comedy:]
Nouns inflected like lard
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Middle English lard, from Old French lard (“bacon”), from Latin lārdum, lāridum (“bacon fat”). See: Middle English Nouns '
lard', Latin Nouns '
lārdum'.