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speck2

Pronunciation: /spɛk/

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Definition of speck

noun

[mass noun]

a smoked ham of a type produced in NE Italy.

Origin:

via Italian from Dutch spek, German Speck 'fat bacon, whale blubber' (in which sense it was formerly used in English): related to Old English spec