Word: Ham
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
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
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Phonetic Spelling:
ham
Dialects: British English
Definition:
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
Definition:
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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