hamnoun
uk/hæm/us/hæm/ham noun (MEAT)
A2 [ C or U ] pig's meat from the leg or shoulder, preserved with salt or smoke
Examples
- The ham was studded with cloves.
- I'd like a ham sandwich on rye, hold the lettuce.
- Would you like another slice of ham?
- The meat produced from a pig is called pork, bacon or ham.
- "More ham, Mr Fletcher?" "No thank you - it was delicious, but I've had a sufficiency ."
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Kinds of meat
- bacon
- biltong
- broiler
- capon
- chicken
- filet mignon
- fryer
- gammon
- guinea fowl
- meat
- Parma ham
- partridge
- pastrami
- pheasant
- pork
- squab
- trotter
- turkey
- veal
- venison
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ham noun (ACTOR)
[ C ] informal an actor whose style of acting is artificial and old-fashioned, often using movements and emotions that are too obvious:
They had some dreadful old ham in the main part.
a ham actor
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Cinema & theatre: actors & performers
- act
- actor
- actress
- all-star
- cast
- extra
- film star
- frontman
- hammy
- lead 1
- matinee idol
- megastar
- mime artist
- movie star
- one-man
- straight man
- stuntman
- stuntwoman
- superstar
- understudy
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ham noun (RADIO)
[ C ] a person who operates a radio station as a hobby rather than as a job:
He's a radio ham.
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Broadcasting: radio
- am
- antenna
- autotune
- bandwidth
- CB
- Citizens' Band
- digital radio
- omnidirectional
- pirate
- playlist
- public broadcasting
- public service broadcasting
- receiver
- reception
- tranny
- transponder
- tuner
- two-way
- UHF
- VHF
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