yams

Meaning of yams

plural noun
  1. the edible starchy tuber of a climbing plant that is widely grown in tropical and subtropical countries.
  2. the cultivated plant that yields the yam.
  3. a sweet potato.

late 16th century: from Portuguese inhame or obsolete Spanish iñame, probably of West African origin.

verb, noun
  1. (of a cat) miaow.
    a cat slips up the driveway, yamming and trying to talk

Information about yams

  • The singular form of yams is: yam.
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Hyphenation of yams

yams

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
  • yams is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

Anagrams of yams

asym, Mays, mays, Samy

Words that rhyme with yams

Hyams, lyams, cocoyams

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