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# pork

«pork» in Mova's school dictionary: **meat that comes from a pig** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (pork — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

Pork is meat that comes from a pig. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pork/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life: pork chops, roast pork, sausages, bacon and ham are made from pork. In science and health: pork must be cooked all the way through to be safe. In geography and culture: some people, for example many Jewish and Muslim people, do not eat pork for religious reasons. Phrases: roast pork, pork chop, pork sausages, pulled pork.

### examples

- We had roast pork for Sunday dinner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pork/#x1)
- Pork comes from pigs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pork/#x2)
- Make sure the pork is cooked right through. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pork/#x3)
- My friend doesn't eat pork. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pork/#x4)
- Mum bought pork sausages for the barbecue. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pork/#x5)
- Bacon and ham are kinds of pork. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pork/#x6)

### note

Uncountable: «some pork», «a piece of pork», not «a pork». Like beef (cow) and mutton (sheep), the meat has a different word from the animal: pig → pork. Children sometimes think «pork» and «pig» are the same word; they are related but used differently.

### In the corpora

- [A sausage at a barbecue is mostly minced pork, and pork is meat from a pig.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/343-where-meat-and-fish-come-from-told-honestly/0/)
- [Kosher means allowed by Jewish food law; kosher food laws include no pork and not mixing meat and milk.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/30-judaism/16/)
- [Halal means allowed; halal food has no pork and Muslims do not drink alcohol.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/31-islam/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «pork» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pork/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.