verb
corn
To preserve meat with coarse salt.
The butcher corns beef with coarse salt to preserve it.
Etymology
Old English corn meant a grain or small hard particle. Corning meat uses grains of coarse salt, giving the preserving method the name of the particles applied.
More examples
- We corn the brisket before storing it in the refrigerator.
- They corned the meat to make it keep longer.
- Corned beef tastes salty even after cooking.
Forms
corn · corns · corned · corning