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GAMMON

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Hind portion of a side of bacon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("gammon" is a kind of...):

bacon (back and sides of a hog salted and dried or smoked; usually sliced thin and fried)

Holonyms ("gammon" is a part of...):

flitch; side of bacon (salted and cured abdominal wall of a side of pork)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked)

Synonyms:

gammon; ham; jambon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("gammon" is a kind of...):

cut of pork (cut of meat from a hog or pig)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gammon"):

Virginia ham (a lean hickory-smoked ham; has dark red meat)

prosciutto (Italian salt-cured ham usually sliced paper thin)

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