ba·con (b??k?n)n. The salted and smoked meat from the back and sides of a pig.[Middle English, from Old French, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English bæc, back.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.bacon (?be?k?n) n1. (Cookery) meat from the back and sides of a pig, dried, salted, and usually smoked2. bring home the bacon informal a. to achieve successb. to provide material support3. save someone’s bacon informal Brit to help someone to escape from danger[C12: from Old French bacon, from Old High German bahho; related to Old Saxon baco; see back1]Bacon (?be?k?n) n1. (Biography) Francis, Baron Verulam, Viscount St Albans. 1561?1626, English philosopher, statesman, and essayist; described the inductive method of reasoning: his works include Essays (1625), The Advancement of Learning (1605), and Novum Organum (1620)2. (Biography) Francis. 1909?92, British painter, born in Dublin, noted for his distorted, richly coloured human figures, dogs, and carcasses3. (Biography) Roger. ?1214?92, English Franciscan monk, scholar, and scientist: stressed the importance of experiment, demonstrated that air is required for combustion, and first used lenses to correct vision. His Opus Majus (1266) is a compendium of all the sciences of his ageCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014ba?con (?be? k?n) n. the back and sides of a hog, salted and dried or smoked, usu. sliced thin and fried. Idioms: bring home the bacon, a. to support oneself or one’s family; earn a living. b. to succeed. [1300?50; Middle English bacoun