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corned beef

noun

beef cured or pickled in brine

• Hypernyms: ↑beef, ↑boeuf

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cornˈ-beef or corned beef noun

Preserved salted beef

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Main Entry: ↑corn

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corned beef UK [ˌkɔː(r)nd ˈbiːf] US [ˌkɔrnd ˈbif] noun [uncountable]

cooked beef that has been preserved in salt water

Thesaurus: cooked and preserved meats_hyponym

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(also corn beef) n. beef brisket cured in brine and boiled, served hot typically with cabbage, or cold, sliced for sandwiches

Origin:

corned, in the sense ‘preserved in salt water’

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noun [noncount]

: beef that has been preserved in salt water

a slice of corned beef

a corned beef sandwich

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corned beef [corned beef] [ˌkɔːnd ˈbiːf] [ˌkɔːrnd ˈbiːf] (also ˌcorn ˈbeef) noun uncountable

beef that has been cooked and preserved using salt, often sold in cans