Sunday, July 18, 2010

Words that Food Expressed (5)


Ham:
(a) salted meat from the upper part of a pig's leg
(b) actor whose performance is unnatural (c) non-professional radio operator (d) perform like a ham
Hamburger:
(a) flat round cake of small bits of meat, eaten in a bun
(b) ground beef
Honey:
(a) sweet substance that bees make
(b) dearly loved person
Hot dog:
(a) red smoked sausage in a long bun
(b) person too confident of his abilities

Ice:
(a) frozen water
(b) cover with frosting (c) diamonds (d) make cold with ice (e) skating on thin ice – taking risks (f) keep something on ice – take no immediate action about something

Jam:
(a) fruit boiled in sugar for spreading on bread
(b) crush or press tightly (c) get stuck (d) block (e) in a jam – in a difficult situation
Jelly:
(a) fruit juice boiled with sugar to spread on bread
(b) any material between a liquid and a solid state

Kernel:
(a) centre of a nut, seed, etc.
(b) important part of a subject

Lamb:

(a) meat of a young sheep
(b) young sheep (c) give birth to lambs (d) harmless gentle person
Lard:
(a) pig's fat used in cooking
(b) put lard on (c) use lots of noticeable phrases in one's speech or writing
Lean:
(a) meat containing little or no fat
(b) thin (c) lacking in richness, fullness, quantity, etc. (d) (of paint) having more pigment than oil (e) the lean part of anything (f) to incline or bend (g) to rest against or on something for support (h) to depend or rely (i) inclination (j) lean on – to punish (k) lean over back ward – to exert oneself to the utmost (l) lean and hungry look – looks dangerously dissatisfied (m) lean and mean – capable and ready for hard, efficient work
Lemon:
(a) sour fruit with a hard yellow skin
(b) light bright yellow (c) something unsatisfactory or worthless especially a car
Lime:
(a) sour green fruit like a lemon
(b) white substance used in making cement
Loaf:
(a) single mass of baked bread
(b) food prepared in a solid piece (c) waste time
Loin:
(a) (piece of) meat from the lower part of an animal
(b) genitalia (c) gird (up) one's loins – to prepare oneself for something requiring readiness,strength or endurance

Posted by Jade Dame
[To be continued]

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