Home › Words › L › lardonlardonlardon means meat strips used for larding, especially salted pork.EtymologyFrom Middle English lardon, lardun, from Old French lardon.nounMeat strips used for larding, especially salted pork.e.g.“Place three or four slices of lardon on top of the meat and cover it with a sheet of paper smeared with butter.” — 1949, “Wild Boar between Two Fires”, in Italian Cook Book: Adopted from the Italian of Pellegrino Artusi and Olga Ragusa, 4th edition, New York, N.Y.: S. F. Vanni, →OCLC, page 119:One of the strips.e.g.“This is a hearty and satisfying soup that is made even more tempting by the crunch of crispy croutons and salty bacon lardons.” — 2017, Emily Roux, Giselle Roux, “Split Pea Soup with Crispy Lardons and Croutons”, in New French Table: A Fresh Take on Classic Recipes, London: Mitchell Beazley, →ISBN, “Soups” section, page 27:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.larding 76% match — Bacon or pork stuffed into other meat before cooking. vs lardon →lardo 71% match — A type of salumi made by curing strips of fatback with rosemary and other herbs and spices. vs lardon →bacon 64% match — Cured meat from the sides, belly, or back of a pig. vs lardon →lardy 59% match — Resembling or containing (perhaps an excess of) lard. vs lardon →lardery 59% match — A larder. vs lardon →fatback 58% match — A layer of fat, along the back of a pig, used as a cut of meat or to make lard vs lardon →cutlet 58% match — A thin slice of meat, usually fried. vs lardon →baconed 57% match — Flavored with bacon vs lardon →