salo
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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
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Definition of salo
4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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(uncountable)a type of fatback, or non-rendered underskin pig fat consumed in Central and Eastern Europe, usually seasoned
“[…] Mr. Castro waxed nostalgic, recounting the time he and Soviet comrades sat around a campfire in the forest eating salo, the cured pig fat that is a staple chaser of Russian vodka.”
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noun
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(uncountable)a type of fatback, or non-rendered underskin pig fat consumed in Central and Eastern Europe, usually seasoned
“[…] Mr. Castro waxed nostalgic, recounting the time he and Soviet comrades sat around a campfire in the forest eating salo, the cured pig fat that is a staple chaser of Russian vodka.”
name
- A city and municipality of Southwest Finland.
- A town in Lombardy, Italy.
- (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis)Ellipsis of Salo Republic.
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Etymology
From Russian са́ло (sálo) or Ukrainian са́ло (sálo), ultimately from Proto-Slavic *sadlo.
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