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a baked loaf whose main ingredient is minced or chopped meat; cf. loaf, n.1 2e.
Minced or chopped meat moulded into the shape of a loaf and cooked; generally eaten cold, in slices. Usually with qualifying word, as beef loaf, ham…
a shaped mass of chopped cooked ham intended to be cut into slices.