flitch
/flɪtʃ/
noun
- A side of bacon that has been cured and is ready to be sliced.
- The farmer hung a flitch of bacon in the smokehouse.
- For breakfast, they cut thick slices from the flitch.
- The recipe calls for a flitch of bacon, not just a few strips.
- A piece of wood cut from a tree trunk, often used for making furniture or flooring.
- The carpenter selected a straight-grained flitch of oak for the table.
- A flitch of walnut was sliced into thin veneers.
- They used a flitch of cherry wood to build the cabinet.