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Flitch
see synonyms of flitchNoun
1. flitch
fish steak usually cut from a halibut
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Flitch
see synonyms of flitchnoun
1.
a side of pork salted and cured
2.
a steak cut from the side of certain fishes, esp halibut
3.
a piece of timber cut lengthways from a tree trunk, esp one that is larger than 4 by 12 inches
verb
4. (transitive)
to cut (a tree trunk) into flitches
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Flitch
see synonyms of flitch noun
1.
the cured and salted side of a hog; side of bacon
2.
a lengthwise strip or beam cut from a tree trunk
3.
either of two thick boards bolted together with a steel plate between them to form a beam (flitch beam)
verb transitive
4.
to cut so as to form flitches
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Flitch
see synonyms of flitchn.
1. A salted and cured side of bacon.
2. A longitudinal cut from the trunk of a tree.
3. One of several planks secured together to form a single beam.
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