# corned beef

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. Smoke-cured and salted beef.
2. Beef conserved in tins (cans).
3. The chief officer of a prison.

## Etymology
From corn (“to preserve (meat) in coarse corns of salt”, verb); (chief officer): rhyming slang for chief.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/corned-beef