hambone
noun, verb
hambone is spelled H-A-M-B-O-N-E: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 22 million words in written English, the 143,405th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, hambone means “The bone at the center of a ham” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of hambone is hambones.
How many letters and syllables are in hambone?
| Letters | 7: H-A-M-B-O-N-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 22 million words; the 143,405th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is hambone?
Hambone appears about once in every 22 million words in written English, the 143,405th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce hambone?
- Australia
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-hambone.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of hambone
- hambones plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- ham-bone
- hamboning participle, present
- hamboned participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does hambone mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The bone at the center of a ham
- 2
USslangA ham; an eager or inferior performer
- 3
A certain type of dance that involves making noise with the body, especially by slapping parts of the body with one's hands
- 4
informalFour consecutive strikes.
verb
- 1
To dance the hambone.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does hambone come from?
From ham + bone.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).