What does "rasher" mean?
A strip of bacon; a piece of bacon.
Rasher
/ˈɹæʃə(ɹ)/ adj, noun, verb
adj, noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A strip of bacon; a piece of bacon.
- Grammar: rasher is listed as adj, noun, verb.
- Nearest alternatives: slice, bit, butt, chip.
- Useful contrasts: block of meat, whole piece.
- Usage evidence: 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.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A strip of bacon; a piece of bacon. Ireland, UK
"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."
- 2 a commercially important fish of the Pacific coast of North America wordnet
- 3 A strip, a piece (of something, such as ham, bacon, etc). Ireland, UK
"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
- 1 To cut into rashers. transitive
"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."
Adjective
- 1 comparative form of rash: more rash comparative, form-of
Antonyms
block of meatwhole piece
Example
"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."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "rasher"?
Common synonyms include: slice, bit, butt, chip, chunk, clip.
How do you use "rasher" in a sentence?
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.
How do you pronounce "rasher"?
Pronounced /ˈɹæʃə(ɹ)/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
From rash + -er.
Etymology 2
Unknown origin. Said to be an alteration of rasure.