ham
The region back of the knee joint; the popliteal space; the hock.
Other meanings
A thigh and/or buttock of a hog slaughtered for meat; (occasionally) the corresponding cut from some other animal.
Meat from the thigh and/or buttock of a hog cured for food.
“a little piece of ham for the cat”
A kind of
- cut of pork
Word history
From Old English "hamm" (inner or hind part of the knee, ham).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “ham” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.