corned beef

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) Smoke-cured and salted beef.
2. (countable, uncountable) Beef conserved in tins (cans).
3. (UK, countable, historical, slang, uncountable) The chief officer of a prison.

Synonyms

bully beef

salt beef

corn beef

salt junk

Translations

corned-beef

corned beef

Corned Beef

παστό βοδινό

Cornedbeef

carne en conserva

كورن بيف

Büchsenfleisch

corned beef

carne di manzo salata

cornedbeef

carne bovina enlatada

corned Beef

carne bovina em conserva

Etymology

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