CORN

/kɔɹn/ ► audio Scrabble 6 Words With Friends 8

Definition

  1. verb feed (cattle) with corn.
  2. verb preserve with salt.
  3. noun tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties. — synonyms: maize, Indian_corn, Zea_mays
  4. noun the dried grains or kernels or corn used as animal feed or ground for meal.
  5. noun ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human food. — synonyms: edible_corn
  6. noun a hard thickening of the skin (especially on the top or sides of the toes) caused by the pressure of ill-fitting shoes. — synonyms: clavus
  7. noun (Great Britain) any of various cereal plants (especially the dominant crop of the region--wheat in Great Britain or oats in Scotland and Ireland).
  8. noun whiskey distilled from a mash of not less than 80 percent corn. — synonyms: corn_whiskey, corn_whisky
  9. noun something sentimental or trite.

Examples

  • “He paid her the nominal fee of two corns of barley.”
  • “to corn gunpowder”
  • “Corn the horses.”

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