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hamfest

hamfest noun: an event where amateur radio operators can meet up and trade equipment.

Noun

hamfest (plural hamfests)

  1. (informal) An event where amateur radio operators can meet up and trade equipment.
    • A morning at my local hamfest got me a low-band transceiver (everybody called it a "rice box") for what seemed to me a very reasonable price. The antenna, however, was a more difficult problem.2002, 73 Amateur Radio Today, numbers 494-505

Forms of hamfest

pluralhamfests

Origin of hamfest

From ham + -fest.

Questions about hamfest

What does hamfest mean?
Hamfest means an event where amateur radio operators can meet up and trade equipment.
What part of speech is hamfest?
Hamfest is a noun.
What is the plural of hamfest?
The plural of hamfest is hamfests.

Words near hamfest in the dictionary

  1. hamfare
  2. hamfat
  3. hamfats
  4. hamfatter
  5. hamfatters
  6. hamfest
  7. hamfests
  8. hamfist
  9. hamfisted
  10. hamfistedly
  11. hamfistedness

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