gammon

noun
🔊/ˈɡæmən/
🔊/ˈɡæmən/
[uncountable] (British English)
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  1. meat from the back leg or side of a pig that has been cured (= preserved using salt or smoke), usually served in thick slices腌猪后腿;熏腿;熏猪肋肉
    • gammon steaks火腿肉片
    compare bacon, ham, porkTopics Foodc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryGammon is used before these nouns:
    • steak
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    Word Originlate 15th cent. (denoting the haunch of a pig): from Old Northern French gambon, from gambe ‘leg’.