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English noun: bacon | |||
| 1. | bacon (food) back and sides of a hog salted and dried or smoked; usually sliced thin and fried | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cut of pork | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bacon strip, Canadian bacon, flitch, gammon, side of bacon | ||
| Part holonym | bacon rind | ||
| 2. | Bacon (person) English scientist and Franciscan monk who stressed the importance of experimentation; first showed that air is required for combustion and first used lenses to correct vision (1220-1292) | ||
| Synonyms | Roger Bacon | ||
| Instance hypernym | monastic, monk, scientist | ||
| 3. | Bacon (person) English statesman and philosopher; precursor of British empiricism; advocated inductive reasoning (1561-1626) | ||
| Synonyms | 1st Baron Verulam, Baron Verulam, Francis Bacon, Sir Francis Bacon, Viscount St. Albans | ||
| Instance hypernym | national leader, philosopher, solon, statesman | ||
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