rasher
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rasher¹
- /ˈɹæʃə(ɹ)/
Rhymes with -æʃə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From rash + -er.
adjective
- comparative form of rash: more rash
rasher²
- /ˈɹæʃə(ɹ)/
Rhymes with -æʃə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
Unknown origin. Said to be an alteration of rasure.
noun rashers
- A strip of bacon; a piece of bacon. He was a man who made his tent comfortable wherever he pitched it, and long before Altamont’s arrival, had done justice to a copious breakfast of fried eggs and broiled rashers, which Mr. Grady had prepared secundum artem.
- A strip, a piece (of something, such as ham, bacon, etc). Now another layer of forcemeat, then rashers of ham, then forcemeat. Cover the surface with three rashers of fat bacon and a bayleaf; cover with paste, and bake for two hours in a moderate oven, covering the top with a piece of[…]
verb rashers · rashering · rashered
- To cut into rashers. Most of the bacon sold is rashered or prepared as boiling joints in the retail shop, but recently there have been experiments in central arrangements for rashering bacon and its subsequent distribution pre-packed.
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noun a strip of bacon
| Español | magra, lonja, loncha, feta |
|---|---|
| Português | fatia de toucinho |
| Français | tranche de bacon |
| Deutsch | Schnitte, Speckschnitte, Scheibe, Speckscheibe, Streifen, Speckstreifen |
| Русский | ло́мтик беко́на lómtik bekóna |
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title = {rasher},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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