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corned beef en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From corn (“to preserve (meat) in coarse corns of salt”, verb); (chief officer): rhyming slang for chief.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Smoke-cured and salted beef.
2. (countable, uncountable) Beef conserved in tins (cans).
   • Here’s a grocery list of foods Chestnut has eaten competitively, drawn from his Major League Eating bio: apple pie, asparagus, boysenberry pie, brats, burritos, chicken spiedies (a kind of sandwich), chicken wings, chili, corned beef sandwiches, eggs, fish tacos, funnel cake, grilled cheese sandwiches, gyoza, Krystal hamburgers, horseshoe sandwiches, hot dogs, ice cream, jalapeno poppers, kolaches, pastrami sandwiches, Philly cheesesteaks, pierogi, pizza, pork ribs, pulled pork, poutine, salt potatoes, shrimp, tacos, tamales, turkey and Twinkies. 2015 July 2, Michael Pearson, “6 things to know about hot dog king Joey Chestnut”, in CNN:
3. (UK, countable, historical, slang, uncountable) The chief officer of a prison.
   • Steve and I raced for the building and began climbing the wall, before any of the screws knew what was happening. […] The Corned Beef came out first and initiated the ploy to get us down. 1999, Alex Alexandrowicz, David Wilson, The Longest Injustice: The Strange Story of Alex Alexandrowicz:

Forms

Deriveds

cornsilog

Relateds

smoked meat · pastrami · bully beef · salt beef

Translations (49)

mt bulibif (beef conserved in tins) · vi thịt bò muối (smoke-cured and salted beef) · et konservliha (beef conserved in tins) · mi pīwhi tote (smoke-cured and salted beef) · pt salgado (smoke-cured and salted beef) · de gepökeltes Rindfleisch (smoke-cured and salted beef) · ga mairteoil shaillte (beef conserved in tins) · el παστό βοδινό (smoke-cured and salted beef) · ru солони́на (smoke-cured and salted beef) · el παστό βοδινό (beef conserved in tins) · mt laħam tal-landi (beef conserved in tins) · pl peklowana wołowina w puszce (beef conserved in tins) · ko 콘비프 (smoke-cured and salted beef) · ko 콘드 비프 (smoke-cured and salted beef) · fi savunauta (smoke-cured and salted beef) · ga mairteoil leasaithe (smoke-cured and salted beef) · su kornét (beef conserved in tins) · cmn 罐裝牛肉 /罐装牛肉 (beef conserved in tins) · yue 鹹牛肉 /咸牛肉 (smoke-cured and salted beef) · fi säilykenauta (beef conserved in tins) · ko 콘비프 (beef conserved in tins) · id kornet (smoke-cured and salted beef) · pl peklowana wołowina (smoke-cured and salted beef) · pt bife enlatado (beef conserved in tins) · ms konbif (beef conserved in tins) · ms konbif (smoke-cured and salted beef) · ko 콘드 비프 (beef conserved in tins) · vo salodabubamit (smoke-cured and salted beef) · fr corned-beef (smoke-cured and salted beef) · ja コンビーフ (beef conserved in tins) · de Cornedbeef (smoke-cured and salted beef) · ja コーンビーフ (smoke-cured and salted beef) · de Corned Beef (smoke-cured and salted beef) · mi pīwhi tini (beef conserved in tins) · pt bife salgado (smoke-cured and salted beef) · su kornét (smoke-cured and salted beef) · de Corned beef (smoke-cured and salted beef) · tl karne norte (beef conserved in tins) · es carne en conserva (beef conserved in tins) · de Kraftfleisch (smoke-cured and salted beef) · yi פּעקלפֿלייש (smoke-cured and salted beef) · ga mairteoil shaillte (smoke-cured and salted beef) · cmn 醃牛肉 /腌牛肉 (smoke-cured and salted beef) · ru тушёнка (beef conserved in tins) · id kornet (beef conserved in tins) · et suitsuliha (smoke-cured and salted beef) · de Büchsenfleisch (beef conserved in tins) · de Rinderpökelfleisch (smoke-cured and salted beef) · fi nötkötti (beef conserved in tins)