- corn beef
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corned beef.
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Universalium. 2010.
corn beef
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corn-beef — cornˈ beef or corned beef noun Preserved salted beef • • • Main Entry: ↑corn … Useful english dictionary
corn beef — noun beef cured or pickled in brine • Syn: ↑bully beef, ↑corned beef • Hypernyms: ↑beef, ↑boeuf * * * noun : corned beef * * * corned beef. * * * n. corned beef … Useful english dictionary
corn beef legs — Noun. Legs with mottled, blotchy skin, reminiscent of the meat, corn beef … English slang and colloquialisms
corn beef — /kɔn ˈbif/ (say kawn beef) noun → corned beef …
Corn — Corn, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Corned} (k?rnd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Corning}.] 1. To preserve and season with salt in grains; to sprinkle with salt; to cure by salting; now, specifically, to salt slightly in brine or otherwise; as, to corn beef; to corn … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Corn. — 1. Cornish. 2. Cornwall. * * * abbrev 1. Cornish 2. Cornwall * * * corn1 «krn», noun, verb. –n. 1. a kind of grain that grows on large ears; maize; Indian corn. 2 … Useful english dictionary
corn´like´ — corn1 «krn», noun, verb. –n. 1. a kind of grain that grows on large ears; maize; Indian corn. 2. the plant, a species of cereal grass, that it grows on. 3. = sweet corn. (Cf. ↑sweet corn) 4. any small, hard seed or grain, especially of wheat,… … Useful english dictionary
corn willie — (ˈ)kȯrn|wilē noun Etymology: corn (as in corn beef) + Willie, nickname for William slang : canned corned beef especially as an army ration … Useful english dictionary
Corn-fed — may refer to: Corn fed beef, beef from cattle that is raised on corn (maize) rather than pasture. As a pejorative: said of a woman, corn fed means one who is strong and healthy, but lacks sophistication, typically an overweight girl or woman from … Wikipedia
Corn — is an English word dating back to Anglo Saxon times or earlier meaning cereal or grain. It commonly refers, in modern American usage, to Indian corn, that is, maize, but can also refer to wheat, barley, rye and so on.Early Modern English… … Wikipedia
