CORNED BEEF

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does corned beef mean? 

• CORNED BEEF (noun)
  The noun CORNED BEEF has 1 sense:

1. beef cured or pickled in brine

  Familiarity information: CORNED BEEF used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CORNED BEEF (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Beef cured or pickled in brine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

bully beef; corn beef; corned beef

Hypernyms ("corned beef" is a kind of...):

beef; boeuf (meat from an adult domestic bovine)

 Context examples 

Oh, there's corned beef and plenty of potatoes, and I shall get some asparagus and a lobster, 'for a relish', as Hannah says.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)