lard

1. 1.

   soft white semisolid fat obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of the hog

   Broaderedible fat

Other forms of lard

plural

lards·

past tense

larded·

present participle

larding·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about lard

What does lard mean?

lard means "prepare or cook with lard". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in lard?

lard has 1 syllable: lard. In IPA it is /ˈlɑɹd/.

What is another word for lard?

Close synonyms include embroider, pad, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lard a common word?

lard is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.