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corned

adj
1
Preserved in salt or brine, especially of meat.
"She made a sandwich with corned beef and mustard."

How to Use Corned

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In plain EnglishSalt-cured, most often describing beef.

Common pairings
corned beef
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Etymology

From "corn" (in the old sense of small granules of salt) plus "-ed."

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