salt beef

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salt beef

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

noun salt beefs

  1. countable, uncountable Beef cured in salt.

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noun beef cured in salt

中文鹹牛肉 /咸牛肉 xiánniúròu

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"salt beef." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/salt%20beef. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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salt beef. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/salt%20beef

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@misc{salt_beef_2026,
  title = {salt beef},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/salt%20beef},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}