Lard vs. Butter

Lardnoun

Fat from the abdomen of a pig, especially as prepared for use in cooking or pharmacy.

Lardnoun

(obsolete) Fatty meat from a pig; bacon, pork.

Lardverb

(cooking) To stuff (meat) with bacon or pork before cooking.

Lardverb

To smear with fat or lard.

Lardverb

To garnish or strew, especially with reference to words or phrases in speech and writing.

Lardverb

To fatten; to enrich.

Lardverb

To grow fat.

Lardverb

To mix or garnish with something, as by way of improvement; to interlard.

Lardnoun

Bacon; the flesh of swine.

Lardnoun

The fat of swine, esp. the internal fat of the abdomen; also, this fat melted and strained.

Lardverb

To stuff with bacon; to dress or enrich with lard; esp., to insert lardons of bacon or pork in the surface of, before roasting; as, to lard poultry.

Lardverb

To fatten; to enrich.

Lardverb

To smear with lard or fat.

Lardverb

To mix or garnish with something, as by way of improvement; to interlard.

Lardverb

To grow fat.

Lardnoun

soft white semisolid fat obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of the hog

Lardverb

prepare or cook with lard;

Lardverb

add details to

Lardnoun

fat from the abdomen of a pig that is rendered and clarified for use in cooking.

Lardnoun

excess fat in a person

Lardverb

insert strips of fat or bacon in (meat) before cooking

Lardverb

smear or cover (a foodstuff) with lard or fat to prevent it drying out during storage

Lardverb

embellish (talk or writing) with an excessive number of esoteric or technical expressions

Lardverb

cover or fill thickly or excessively

Lard

Lard is a semi-solid white fat product obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of a pig. It is distinguished from tallow, a similar product derived from fat of cattle or sheep.

Butternoun

A soft, fatty foodstuff made by churning the cream of milk (generally cow's milk).

Butternoun

Any of various foodstuffs made from other foods or oils, similar in consistency to, eaten like or intended as a substitute for butter (preceded by the name of the food used to make it).

Butternoun

Any specific soft substance.

Butternoun

Someone who butts, or who butts in.

Butterverb

(transitive) To spread butter on.

Butterverb

To move one's weight backwards or forwards onto the tips or tails of one's skis or snowboard so only the tip or tail is in contact with the snow.

Butterverb

To increase (stakes) at every throw of dice, or every game.

Butternoun

An oily, unctuous substance obtained from cream or milk by churning.

Butternoun

Any substance resembling butter in degree of consistence, or other qualities, especially, in old chemistry, the chlorides, as butter of antimony, sesquichloride of antimony; also, certain concrete fat oils remaining nearly solid at ordinary temperatures, as butter of cacao, vegetable butter, shea butter.

Butternoun

One who, or that which, butts.

Butterverb

To cover or spread with butter.

Butterverb

To increase, as stakes, at every throw or every game.

Butternoun

an edible emulsion of fat globules made by churning milk or cream; for cooking and table use

Butternoun

a fighter who strikes the opponent with his head

Butterverb

spread butter on;

Butternoun

a pale yellow edible fatty substance made by churning cream and used as a spread or in cooking.

Butterverb

spread (something) with butter

Butter

Butter is a dairy product made from the fat and protein components of churned cream. It is a semi-solid emulsion at room temperature, consisting of approximately 80% butterfat.