Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

salt beef

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.12 in modern English

Syllables
salt beef
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Beef cured in salt.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

salt beefs (plural)

Phrases

bully beef corned beef Irish horse

Frequently Paired Words

bully beef corned beef Irish horse

Questions

What does salt beef mean?
Beef cured in salt.
Where does salt beef come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce salt beef

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