Definition of "lard" []

• The white solid or semisolid rendered fat of a hog. (noun)
• To cover or coat with lard or a similar fat. (verb-transitive)
• To insert strips of fat or bacon in (meat) before cooking. (verb-transitive)
• To enrich or lace heavily with extra material; embellish: larded the report with quotations. (verb-transitive)
• To fill throughout; inject: "The history of Sicily was larded with treachery” ( Mario Puzo). (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "So when you eat pie or hot biscuit, in which animal lard is used, _you eat raw animal lard_."
• ""The word lard has become this generally derogatory term associated with fat and disgustingness," says Dan Pashman who hosts a food podcast called The Sporkful."
• "Be sure to try tasajo (delicious grilled beef, which might be the meat in Anónimo's photograph), and a tlayuda con asiento (a great big crisp tortilla spread with what's on the bottom of the pot after lard is rendered and strained -- it's marvelous)."