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Get to know Ham better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like overact or thespian.

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Ham in a sentence

Related words

Ham | Hamas | Hamilton | Hampshire | Hammer | Hamstring | Hammond | Hampered | Hampton

Ham meaning

  1. The region back of the knee joint; the popliteal space; the hock.
  2. A thigh and/or buttock of a hog slaughtered for meat; (occasionally) the corresponding cut from some other animal.
  3. Meat from the thigh and/or buttock of a hog cured for food.

Synonyms of Ham

jambon ham it up overact role player thespian player histrion actor ham actor radio operator adult male man cut of pork gammon overplay

Related words

Other words often associated with Ham or its synonyms:

performer play act roleplay male woman person someone cut manipulator worker bacon

Using Ham

  • The main meaning on this page is: The region back of the knee joint; the popliteal space; the hock. | 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.
  • Useful related words include: jambon, ham it up, overact, role player.
  • In the example corpus, ham often appears in combinations such as: west ham, ham united, ham and.

Context around Ham

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 29.4 words
  • Position in the sentence: 12 start, 8 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations

Often before:

west 18× spider 2× sent 1× single 1× delightful 1× wing 1× wings 1× breaded 1× orbiting 1× numerous 1×

Often after:

fisher 2× radio 2× caught 1× fighting 1× mustered 1× united 1× players 1× hocks 1× shanks 1× dinner 1×

Sentence patterns with Ham

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a single ham dinner at 1× addition numerous ham products have 1× all west ham fans the 1× and smithfield ham in the 1× and west ham united there 1× as west ham spent most 1× between west ham and chelsea 1× chicken wings ham breaded ham 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

after the riots 1× all new original 1× feud with ham 1× his last on 1× i see a 1× in addition numerous 1×

Common sentence endings:

a great club 1× and bred bread 1× before the break 1× but the opposite 1× cursed by noah 1× eggs and ham 1×

Words around Ham

Just before it in the word index:

halys 2 halyna 13 halyard 3 haly 3 halwell 2 halwara 3

Just after it in the word index:

hama 58 hamachek 2 hamacher 2 hamachi 8 hamad 118 hamada 18

Similar in corpus frequency:

caring 1.386 crypto 1.386 enabling 1.386 offset 1.386 organizers 1.386 scattered 1.386

Corpus analysis for Ham

  • In this selection, "ham" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 29.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, west, spider, sent, fisher, radio and caught stand out and add context to how "ham" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a single ham dinner at and addition numerous ham products have. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "ham" sits close to words such as caring, crypto and enabling, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with ham

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

In the West Ham game we were not taller than West Ham, but the opposite. (15 words)

Starring the delightful ham, Vincent Price instead of the stale old right wing ham, Chuck Heston. (16 words)

So, I stopped by there to get some ham hocks, and it turned out that they had ham Shanks. (19 words)

Longer example sentences

All-New Original Short “Spider-Ham: Caught In a Ham” It's another normal day for Peter Porker, a.k.a. the Spectacular Spider-Ham, fighting bad guys and loving hot dogs, until a mysterious portal starts messing with the very fabric of his cartoon reality. (46 words)

So when MT’s mom said she wanted Not Ham this past Sunday, I was only too happy to grill the requested salmon in its stead, and have a single ham dinner at my family’s West Hazleton homestead. (39 words)

After the riots in Alkmaar after the Conference League semi-final second leg between AZ Alkmaar and West Ham United, there will be consequences – not only for the AZ Alkmaar ultras, but possibly the West Ham players too! (38 words)

Exclamation examples

After the riots in Alkmaar after the Conference League semi-final second leg between AZ Alkmaar and West Ham United, there will be consequences – not only for the AZ Alkmaar ultras, but possibly the West Ham players too! (38 words)

Example sentences (20)

All-New Original Short “Spider-Ham: Caught In a Ham” It's another normal day for Peter Porker, a.k.a. the Spectacular Spider-Ham, fighting bad guys and loving hot dogs, until a mysterious portal starts messing with the very fabric of his cartoon reality.

Why, Noah sent Ham, and his descendants mustered and bred." citation This pun uses sand which is there/sandwiches there, Ham /ham, mustered/mustard, and bred/bread.

After the riots in Alkmaar after the Conference League semi-final second leg between AZ Alkmaar and West Ham United, there will be consequences – not only for the AZ Alkmaar ultras, but possibly the West Ham players too!

West Ham 3-2 Forest Yet more chances at the London Stadium, but they’re falling to West Ham. They keep missing them, which is in the spirit of the occasion.

West Ham and Chelsea drew 1-1 after Joao Felix put Chelsea ahead with his first goal for the club in the 16th minute, only for Emerson Palmieri to level for West Ham before the break.

I see a lot of people making comments that he’s too good for West Ham, he’s not too good for West Ham because they’re a great club.

So, I stopped by there to get some ham hocks, and it turned out that they had ham Shanks.

Premier league match preview: West Ham v Chelsea An In-depth look at the upcoming clash between West Ham and Chelsea in the Premier League.

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So when MT’s mom said she wanted Not Ham this past Sunday, I was only too happy to grill the requested salmon in its stead, and have a single ham dinner at my family’s West Hazleton homestead.

Starring the delightful ham, Vincent Price instead of the stale old right wing ham, Chuck Heston.

We are very proud of our small part in the West Ham story and hope that the future will allow all West Ham fans the opportunity to return to the home of our beloved club.

Signature dishes to look out for are his juicy (chicken wings); ham (breaded ham cutlets); and Ozaki beef prepared with black garlic soy sauce.

West Ham struggled to get things moving going forward and Haller had to feed off scraps as West Ham spent most of the game on the back foot.

In the West Ham game we were not taller than West Ham, but the opposite.

We all know that the story “Green Eggs and Ham” is about Sam-I-Am, who tries to get the unnamed character to try a plate of green eggs and ham.

Feud with Ham Fisher After Capp quit his ghosting job on Ham Fisher 's Joe Palooka in 1934 to launch his own strip, Fisher badmouthed him to colleagues and editors, claiming that Capp had "stolen" his idea.

His last on-screen appearance dealing with "ham radio" was in 1994, explaining a then-upcoming, Earth-orbiting ham radio relay satellite.

In addition, numerous ham products have specific geographical naming protection, such as Prosciutto di Parma and Prosciutto Toscano PDO in Europe, and Smithfield ham in the US.

Noah's son Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father and told his brethren, which led to Ham's son Canaan being cursed by Noah.

The club, Thames Ironworks citation were the first ever winners of the West Ham Charity Cup in 1895 contested by clubs in the West Ham locality, then won the London League in 1897.

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Common combinations with ham

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "ham" in a sentence?
An example: "All-New Original Short “Spider-Ham: Caught In a Ham” It's another normal day for Peter Porker, a.k.a. the Spectacular Spider-Ham, fighting bad guys and loving hot dogs, until a mysterious portal starts messing with the very fabric of his cartoon reality." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "ham" from authentic English texts.
What does "ham" mean?
Ham means: The region back of the knee joint; the popliteal space; the hock.
What are synonyms of "ham"?
Common synonyms of "ham" include: jambon, ham it up, overact, role player, thespian, player, histrion, actor. Plus 7 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "ham" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "ham", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.