different between devon vs decon

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?v?n/
• Rhymes: -?v?n

Noun

devon (plural devons)

1. (Australia, Eastern Australia) A type of processed meat sausage.
   • 1995, The Bulletin, Issues 5953-5959, page 23,

     Initial suspicions pointed at both food and water, narrowing down after a while to fritz (devon, as it is known in some states), a popular, bland, processed meat.

   • 2008, H. G. Nelson, Sprays: A Collection of Verbal Touch-Ups, page 216,

     Elsewhere the Roy Slaven signature range of smallgoods – marketed with the shout-out line, ‘Roy: still doing things with meat butchers only dream of!’ ? has captured the imagination of an increasingly time-poor community looking for top-shelf short cuts in cuisine solutions. When I last looked, Roy had personally signed nearly 5.9 million salamis, chorizos and devon logs this year.

   • 2009, Helen Greenwood, John Newton, Sydney 2010: More Than 450 Butchers, Bakers, Food Stores and Chocolate Makers, unnumbered page,

     One of our firm favourites both for the quality and the taste of Ricky Roessler?s smallgoods – and the sheer joy of shopping here. No devon or pastrami, though, just plenty of bratwurst: […] .

Synonyms

• fritz

Czech

Noun

devon m

1. Devonian (geological period)

Further reading

• devon in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• devon in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

French

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?.v??/

Noun

devon m (plural devons)

1. devon

Esperanto

Noun

devon

1. accusative singular of devo

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /di?.k?n/

Noun

decon (countable and uncountable, plural decons)

1. Abbreviation of decontamination.

Verb

decon (third-person singular simple present decons, present participle deconning, simple past and past participle deconned)

1. Abbreviation of decontaminate.

Anagrams

• CODEN, Conde, coend, conde, coned, onced