Meanings
- not comparableConsisting of grains; granulated.
- not comparablePreserved in salt.
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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 sandwiches, gyoza, Krystal hamburgers, horseshoe sandwiches, hot dogs, ice cream, jalapeno poppers, kolaches, pastrami sandwiches, Philly cheesesteaks, pierogi, pizza, pork ribs, pulled pork, poutine, salt potatoes, shrimp, tacos, tamales, turkey and Twinkies.
2015 July 2, Michael Pearson, “6 things to know about hot dog king Joey Chestnut”, in CNN - not comparableobsoleteslangDrunk.
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
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of corn
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From corn + -ed. Piecewise doublet of grained.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian осолен
- осолен (osolen)preserved in salt
Greek παστός
- παστός (pastós)preserved in salt
Irish saillte
- sailltepreserved in salt
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Cite this entry
corned. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corned
“corned.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corned. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “corned,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corned.
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