flitch

Meanings

Plural: flitches

Noun

fish steak usually cut from a halibut
salted and cured abdominal wall of a side of pork
The flank or side of an animal, now almost exclusively a pig when cured and salted; a side of bacon.
A piece or strip cut off of something else, generally a piece of wood (timber).

Verb

To cut into, or off in, flitches or strips.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English flicche, from Old English fliċċe (“side of an animal, flitch”), from Proto-Germanic *flikkiją (“side, flitch”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁ḱ- (“to tear, peel off”). Cognate with Low German flikke, French flèche, Icelandic flikki (“flitch”), Middle Low German vlicke.

Synonyms

side of bacon

Scrabble Score: 14

flitch is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
flitch is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
flitch is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

flitch is a valid Words With Friends word