Corn Definition & Meaning

corn
noun
  1. tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times
  2. the dried grains or kernels or corn used as animal feed or ground for meal
  3. ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human food
  4. a hard thickening of the skin (especially on the top or sides of the toes) caused by the pressure of ill-fitting shoes
  5. (Great Britain) any of various cereal plants (especially the dominant crop of the region--wheat in Great Britain or oats in Scotland and Ireland)
  6. whiskey distilled from a mash of not less than 80 percent corn
  7. something sentimental or trite; "that movie was pure corn"
verb
  1. feed (cattle) with corn
  2. preserve with salt; "corned beef"

Synonyms for corn

clavus noun

a hard thickening of the skin (especially on the top or sides of the toes) caused by the pressure of ill-fitting shoes

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maize noun

tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties

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wheat noun

annual or biennial grass having erect flower spikes and light brown grains grains of common wheat

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  • "In Now Born, raisin' Children of the Corn"
    9th Prince f/ T.M.F. — Cold Wind
  • "But the flows were butter like poppin' corn"
    The Ambassador f/ LaKia Wise — Get You Open
  • "Swear their newly, thinking my name fruit corn"
    Black Rose Kartel — Off the Chain

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What does corn mean?
tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times the dried grains or kernels or corn used as animal feed or ground for meal ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human food a hard thickening of the skin (especially on the top or sides of the toes) caused by the pressure of ill-fitting shoes (Great Britain) any of various cereal plants
What part of speech is corn?
Corn is a noun and a verb.
How many definitions does corn have?
Corn has 9 definitions across 2 parts of speech (noun, verb).

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