gammon

English Thesaurus

1. hind portion of a side of bacon (noun.food)

hypernym	:	bacon,
definition	:	back and sides of a hog salted and dried or smoked; usually sliced thin and fried (noun.food)

part meronym	:	flitch, side of bacon,
definition	:	salted and cured abdominal wall of a side of pork (noun.food)

2. meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked) (noun.food)

hypernym	:	cut of pork,
definition	:	cut of meat from a hog or pig (noun.food)

hyponym	:	virginia ham,
definition	:	a lean hickory-smoked ham; has dark red meat (noun.food)

hyponym	:	prosciutto,
definition	:	Italian salt-cured ham usually sliced paper thin (noun.food)