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