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salt beef

salt beef noun: beef cured in salt.

Noun

salt beef (countable and uncountable, plural salt beefs)

  1. Beef cured in salt.

Forms of salt beef

pluralsalt beefs

Origin of salt beef

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

Questions about salt beef

What does salt beef mean?
Salt beef means beef cured in salt.
What part of speech is salt beef?
Salt beef is a noun.
What is the plural of salt beef?
The plural of salt beef is salt beefs.

Words near salt beef in the dictionary

  1. Salt and Enson
  2. salt and pepper
  3. salt and pepper chips
  4. Salt Ash
  5. salt away
  6. salt beef
  7. salt beefs
  8. salt bottom
  9. salt bottoms
  10. salt box
  11. salt boxes

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