ham
162
1.0
- noun
- /hæm/
:
jamón
- At the deli, I ordered a slice of smoked ham for my sandwich.
- ham and eggs
- ham for breakfast
- a piece of ham
They need country ham with the bone in it.
- They need country ham with the bone in it.
- And we're getting a ham, cheese and pickle sandwich.
- It has butter, ham, and a very strong cheese.
- He was eating like a regular American lunch, white bread, ham, cheese, mustard sandwich.
- How were you keeping that massive piece of ham in that little nightie?
- A Cuban sandwich is ham, Swiss Pickles, mustard.
Examples
-
For breakfast, I enjoyed a sandwich with warm ham and eggs.
-
You lift the domes and discover eggs, ham, bacon, everything greasy and warm.
Fiction book (1991) -
- We'll have all the ham to ourselves.
-
Out of all the food in this world, this ham is the most delicious to me.
-
Shame to miss out on the best ham prize at next year's fair, is all.
-
You guys put so much ham inside your sandwiches.
-
When is the last time you had your ham glazed?
-
It's a wrap with ham and cheese and eggs.
-
They need country ham with the bone in it.
-
We only need bread, ham, cheese, lettuce.
Synonyms
1
5.8
Meat from the back leg of a pig, cured or smoked and eaten
1
8.9
A salted or smoked pork cut from the pig's thigh, usually sliced for sandwiches
1
1.6
A cooked piece of pork people serve at special meals like Christmas or Easter
Thin slices of cured Spanish ham served cold
A shoulder cut of pork that is usually smoked and cheaper than other cooked pork
Compounds
How Cured
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ham for the meat comes from an old word meaning the 'back of the pig's leg', the place where this meat comes from, just like in hamstring. So ham is the meat from the pig's leg that is often cured or smoked.