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corn (kôrn)
noun
- Now Dial. a tiny, hard particle, as of salt or sand; granule; grain
- a small, hard seed or seedlike fruit, esp. a seed or grain of a cereal grass; kernel: now chiefly in compounds, as peppercorn, barleycorn
- ☆
- a cultivated American cereal plant (Zea mays) of the grass family, with the grain borne on cobs enclosed in husks; maize
- the ears or kernels of this cereal plant
- Brit.
- the seeds of all cereal grasses, as wheat, rye, barley, etc.; grain
- any plant or plants producing grain
- the leading cereal crop in a particular place, as wheat in England or oats in Scotland and Ireland
- Informal corn whiskey
- ☆ Informal ideas, humor, music, etc. regarded as old-fashioned, trite, banal, or sentimental
Etymology: ME & OE < IE base *ger-, to ripen, mature, grow old > grain, churn, Gr gerōn, old man
transitive verb
- to form into granules
- to preserve or pickle with salt granules or in brine
- to feed grain to (animals)
corn (kôrn)
noun
Etymology: ME & OFr corne < L cornu, horn
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Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Alternate definitions:
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Preposition: on
- cob: By Anonymous on Wednesday, January 05, 2005 - 07:19 pm: what corn on cob?
Converse of object
- grind: The water from the stream originally provided the steam to power the workings for grinding the corn for local farmers.
Adjective modifier
- sweet: I've also been involved in marketing at Green Giant which mainly involved their sweet corn, which was OK.
Modifies a noun
- bunting: Corn Buntings may be seen singing on the fences.
Noun used with modifier
- Bt: Thus, the economic benefits of using Bt corn are not assured.
The word usage examples above have been gathered from various sources to reflect current and historical usage. They do not represent the opinions of YourDictionary.com.
It was upon a Lammas night, When corn rigs are bonie, Beneath the moon's unclouded light, I held awa to Annie.
Corn rigs, an' barley rigs, An'corn rigs are bonie: I'll ne'er forget that happy night, Amang the rigs wi'Annie.
Sure there was wine Before my sighs did dry it; there was corn Before my tears did drown it. 398
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