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• past tense form of corn.
• past participle of corn.

corned

American  

[kawrnd] / kɔrnd /

adjective

1. marinated in brine, often containing garlic, peppercorns, cloves, etc.; preserved or cured with salt.

   Fish or corned meat was a common menu item for Byzantine households of the 13th century.

   I have a great recipe that features corned cabbage.

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corned British  

/ kɔːnd /

adjective

1. (esp of beef) cooked and then preserved or pickled in salt or brine, now often canned

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Other Word Forms

• uncorned
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of corned

First recorded in 1570–80; corn ¹ + -ed ²

Example Sentences

Dishes she's made range from panackelty, a stew consisting of potatoes, onions and corned beef, to Staffordshire oatcakes, a type of yeasted pancake, and Lancashire hotpot, made with mutton or lamb.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

The corned beef sandwich is one of my personal favorites; it has a certain nostalgia for me.

From Salon • Sep. 21, 2024

“We would do corned beef tacos over there,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2023

For an article on deli sandwiches, she collected 104 corned beef and pastrami samples in one day to evaluate the meat and sandwich-building techniques.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 7, 2023

His grandma had only four Sunday dinners in her repertoire—chicken- fried chicken, chicken-fried steak, pot roast, and corned beef—but they were all good.

From "Eleanor & Park" by Rainbow Rowell