Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

christmas ham

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.05 in modern English

Syllables
christ-mas ham
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A ham, boiled and then baked in the oven with mustard, served sliced at Christmas as one of the traditionally most important parts of the Scandinavian julbord (special Christmas-time smörgåsbord).

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Ham prepared in various other ways in various regions at Christmas, such as stuffed ham in parts of the United States, or ham soaked in fruit juices in the Philippines.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Food.

Inflected Forms

Questions

What does christmas ham mean?
A ham, boiled and then baked in the oven with mustard, served sliced at Christmas as one of the traditionally most important parts of the Scandinavian julbord (special Christmas-time smörgåsbord).

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