Definition of Ham. Meaning of Ham. Synonyms of Ham

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Definition of Ham

Ham
Ham Ham, n. [AS. ham; akin to D. ham, dial. G. hamme, OHG. hamma. Perh. named from the bend at the ham, and akin to E. chamber. Cf. Gammon ham.] 1. (Anat.) The region back of the knee joint; the popliteal space; the hock. 2. The thigh of any animal; especially, the thigh of a hog cured by salting and smoking. A plentiful lack of wit, together with most weak ham. --Shak.
Ham
Ham Ham, n. Home. [North of Eng.] --Chaucer.

Meaning of Ham from wikipedia

- Ham is pork from a leg cut that has been preserved by wet or dry curing, with or without smoking. As a processed meat, the term ham includes both whole...
- Look up HAM, Ham, ham, or hams in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ham is a cut of meat from an edible mammal's rear, usually from a pig. Ham or HAM may also...
- West Ham United Football Club is a professional football club based in Stratford, East London, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top...
- Peter William Ham (27 April 1947 – 24 April 1975) was a Welsh singer, songwriter and guitarist best known as a lead vocalist of and composer for the 1970s...
- Linda Ham (née Hautzinger) is a former Constellation Program Transition and Technology Infusion Manager at NASA. She was formerly the program integration...
- Darvin Demonte Ham Sr. (born July 23, 1973) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is the top ****istant coach for the Milwaukee...
- Ham (July 1957 – January 19, 1983), a chimpanzee also known as Ham the Chimp and Ham the Astrochimp, was the first great ape launched into space. On January...
- Ham (in Hebrew: חָם), according to the Table of Nations in the Book of Genesis, was the second son of Noah and the father of Cush, Mizraim, Phut and Canaan...
- In the Book of Genesis, the curse of Ham is described as a curse which was imposed upon Ham's son Canaan by the patriarch Noah. It occurs in the context...
- A ham hock (or hough) or pork knuckle is the joint between the tibia/fibula and the metatarsals of the foot of a pig, where the foot was attached to the...