salt beef

noun

Beef cured in salt.

OriginMiddle English salt bef →
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Meanings

nounsalt beef (countable and uncountable, plural salt beefs)

plural salt beefs

  1. countableuncountableBeef cured in salt.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishsalt bef
  2. Englishsalt beef

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

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 鹹牛肉 /咸牛肉
  • 鹹牛肉 /咸牛肉 (xiánniúròu)beef cured in salt
Finnish suolaliha, naudan suolaliha
  • suolalihabeef cured in salt
  • naudan suolalihabeef cured in salt
Polish solona wołowina
  • solona wołowinabeef cured in salt
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APA

salt beef. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/salt%20beef

MLA

“salt beef.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/salt%20beef. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “salt beef,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/salt%20beef.

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