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Grammar and Linguistics > Word "ham"
Word "ham"
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chiaras
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Word "ham"
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Hi, I was wondering...is "ham" countable or uncountable? In Italian we can count "hams" but in English I don �t think so. Thanks!
Chiaras |
23 Oct 2009
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_babz
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dictionary.com
says that hams exists.
noun
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a cut of meat from the heavy-muscled part of a hog �s rear quarter, between hip and hock, usually cured. |
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that part of a hog �s hind leg. |
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the part of the leg back of the knee. |
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Often, hams. the back of the thigh, or the thigh and the buttock together. | |
23 Oct 2009
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Tere-arg
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ham as meat is uncountable: a slice of ham/a ham sandwich
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ham as the upper part of a pig�s leg is countable: hams hanging on hooks
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23 Oct 2009
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