English Explanatory Dictionary

salt beef

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Beef cured in salt.

Word forms

salt beef salt beefs

Etymology

From Middle English salt bef, salt beof, equivalent to salt + beef. Compare salt pork.

Related words

bully beef corned beef Irish horse

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