fatback
noun
fatback is a noun meaning “A layer of fat, along the back of a pig, used as a cut of meat or to make lard” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-A-T-B-A-C-K, and it appears about once in every 21 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of fatback is fatbacks.
What does fatback mean?
noun
- 1
USA layer of fat, along the back of a pig, used as a cut of meat or to make lard
- 2
A fish, the menhaden.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of fatback
- fatbacks plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is fatback?
Fatback appears about once in every 21 million words in written English, the 138,319th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does fatback come from?
From fat + back.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).