corn beef

kɔrn bif

Definition of corn beef - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

cured meat

salt-cured beef typically cooked and sliced for meals

She made sandwiches with corn beef for the picnic..
Corn beef is a popular dish for St. Patrick's Day.
The deli offers a special on corn beef every Friday.

brisket

salt beef

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salt-cured beef typically cooked and sliced for meals

Expressions with corn

eat one's seed corn

consume something essential for future

If you sell your tools, you're eating your seed corn.

can of corn

easily caught fly ball in baseball

The outfielder caught a can of corn to end the inning.

corn cake

cake made from cornmeal, often baked or fried

She served the chili with a warm corn cake.

popped corn

corn kernels heated until they burst open and become fluffy

We made a big bowl of popped corn for the movie night..

sweet corn

corn with sweet kernels eaten as a vegetable

We had sweet corn with our dinner.

white corn

sweet corn variety sweeter than yellow corn

White corn is often used in making tortillas.

Expressions with beef

beef about

complain or express annoyance about something

He always beefs about the food at school.

beef up

make something stronger or more effective

They decided to beef up the security measures.

beef with

argue or have a conflict with someone

He always seems to beef with his coworkers.

beef Wellington

dish of beef coated with pâté and duxelles, baked in pastry

For the holiday dinner, they served an exquisite beef Wellington..

have a beef

feel upset or have a problem with someone or something

She has a beef with her coworker about the project.

squash the beef

resolve a conflict or disagreement

They decided to squash the beef and become friends again.

what's someone's beef

exp.

ask about someone's complaint or problem

Why are they arguing? What's his beef?

what's the beef

exp.

ask why someone is complaining or upset

Why are you upset? What's the beef?

reef and beef

meal with seafood and beef

For dinner, I ordered the reef and beef.

beef jerky

dried and seasoned strips of beef

He packed beef jerky for his hiking trip..

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French:corned-beef, ...
German:Corned Beef, ...
Italian:carne salata, ...
Spanish:carne curada, ...
Portuguese:carne de vaca curada, ...
Chinese:咸牛肉, ...
Japanese:コンビーフ, ...
Arabic:لحم بقر مملح, ...
Hebrew:קוֹרְנְבִּיף, ...
Russian:консервированная говядина, ...
Ukrainian:консервована яловичина, ...
Hindi:कॉर्न बीफ़, ...
Bengali:কর্ন বিফ, ...
Catalan:vedella salada, ...
Czech:hovězí v soli, ...
Danish:corned beef, ...
Dutch:corned beef, ...
Greek:κορν μπιφ, ...
Hungarian:sózott marhahús, ...
Khmer:សាច់គោប្រឡាក់អំបិល, ...
Korean:콘 비프, ...
Persian:گوشت گاو نمک‌سود, ...
Polish:peklowana wołowina, ...
Portuguese (BR):carne de vaca salgada, ...
Romanian:carne de vită sărată, ...
Swedish:corned beef, ...
Thai:เนื้อวัวดองเค็ม, ...
Turkish:konserve sığır eti, ...
Vietnamese:thịt bò muối, ...

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