Noun Definition

bacon

1.Definition: back and sides of a hog salted and dried or smoked; usually sliced thin and fried

Category: Food

2.Definition: 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)

Related Noun(s):roger bacon

Category: People

3.Definition: English statesman and philosopher; precursor of British empiricism; advocated inductive reasoning (1561-1626)

Related Noun(s):baron verulam, francis bacon, sir francis bacon, viscount st. albans

Category: People