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corned

corned adjective: consisting of grains; granulated. Also the simple past and past participle of corn.

Adjective

corned (not comparable)

  1. Consisting of grains; granulated.
  2. Preserved in salt.
    • Here’s a grocery list of foods Chestnut has eaten competitively, drawn from his Major League Eating bio: apple pie, asparagus, boysenberry pie, brats, burritos, chicken spiedies (a kind of sandwich), chicken wings, chili, corned beef sandwiches, eggs, fish tacos, funnel cake, grilled cheese...2015 July 2, Michael Pearson, “6 things to know about hot dog king Joey Chestnut”, in CNN
  3. (obsolete, slang) Drunk.
    • A year ago last Fo'th July / A lot of the boys was here. / We all got corned and signed the pledge / For to drink no more that year.1890, John Hay, “The Pledge at Spunky Point”, in Poems, page 30

Also used as

corned is also the simple past and past participle of corn.

Origin of corned

From corn + -ed. Piecewise doublet of grained.

Words formed from corned

Phrases with corned

Questions about corned

What does corned mean?
Corned means consisting of grains; granulated.
What part of speech is corned?
Corned is an adjective.

Words near corned in the dictionary

  1. corneal tattooing
  2. corneal-cerebellar syndrome
  3. corneally
  4. corneas
  5. Cornec
  6. corned
  7. corned beef
  8. corned beefs
  9. corned-out
  10. Corneillean
  11. Corneillian

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