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Word: Ham
Speech Type: Noun
Old English ham, hom (originally denoting the back of the knee), from a Germanic base meaning ‘be crooked’. In the late 15th century the term came to denote the back of the thigh, hence the thigh or hock of an animal
ham
salted or smoked meat from the upper part of a pig's leg
Short Definition:salted or smoked meat from upper part of pig's leg
Examples:- thin slices of ham
- a honey-baked ham
the back of the thigh or the thighs and buttocks
Short Definition:back of thigh or thighs and buttocks
Examples:- he squatted down on his hams
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