Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

corn beef

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.94 in modern English

Syllables
corn beef
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of corned beef.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Lexicalization of a reduced pronunciation of corned beef with regular deletion of -d before b. Compare ice cream and mash potato.

Usage

Inflected Forms

corn beefs (plural) corn-beef (alternative) cornbeef (alternative)

Synonyms

bully beef corned beef

Questions

What does corn beef mean?
Alternative form of corned beef.
Where does corn beef come from?
Lexicalization of a reduced pronunciation of corned beef with regular deletion of -d before b. Compare ice cream and mash potato.

How to pronounce corn beef

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