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Ham — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • ham noun Meat from the thigh of a pig, cured or cooked for eating.

Senses

Ham is used for these senses in English:

  • Ham (biblical character) A son of Noah and the brother of Japheth and Shem.
  • heme (biochemistry) The component of hemoglobin (and other hemoproteins) responsible for binding oxygen. It consists of an iron ion that binds oxygen and a porphyrin ring that binds the globin molecules; one molecule binds one molecule of oxygen.

ham — full definition

  1. noun Meat from the thigh of a pig, cured or cooked for eating.
  2. noun An amateur radio operator.
  3. noun An actor or performer who overacts.
  4. verb To overact or perform with exaggerated emotion.

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