bacons

Meanings

Noun

• back and sides of a hog salted and dried or smoked; usually sliced thin and fried
• 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)
• English statesman and philosopher; precursor of British empiricism; advocated inductive reasoning (1561-1626)
• plural of bacon

Synonyms

1st Baron Verulam, Bacon, bacon, Baron Verulam, Francis Bacon, Roger Bacon, Sir Francis Bacon, Viscount St. Albans