Corn
21corn — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a any cereal before or after harvesting, esp. the chief crop of a region: wheat, oats, or (in the US and Australia) maize. b a grain or seed of a cereal plant. 2 colloq. something corny or trite. v.tr. (as corned adj.) sprinkled… …
22Corn. — 1. Cornish. 2. Cornwall. * * * abbrev 1. Cornish 2. Cornwall * * * corn1 «krn», noun, verb. –n. 1. a kind of grain that grows on large ears; maize; Indian corn. 2 …
23corn — noun 1 (BrE) cereal crop (wheat, etc.) ADJECTIVE ▪ ripe ▪ green ▪ The corn is still green. ▪ young … OF CORN ▪ …
24corn — Ⅰ. corn1 (kôrn) n. 1. a) Any of numerous cultivated forms of a widely grown, usually tall annual cereal grass (Zea mays) bearing grains or kernels on large ears. b) The grains or kernels of this plant, used as food for humans and livestock or for …
25corn — cap·ri·corn; la·mel·li·corn; lon·gi·corn; na·si·corn; pep·per·corn; ser·ri·corn; tri·corn; uni·corn; pib·corn; …
26corn — Indian corn Indian corn (Bot.), A cereal plant of the genus {Zea} ({Zea Mays}), also simply called {corn}, used widely as a food; the maize, a native plant of America; more specifically: a primitive variety of {Zea Mays} having variegated kernels …
27corn — I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German & Old Norse korn grain, Latin granum Date: before 12th century 1. chiefly dialect a small hard particle ; grain 2. a small hard seed 3. a …
28corn — n. maize 1) to grow, raise; husk corn 2) hybrid; Indian; sweet; young corn 3) an ear of corn 4) (misc.) corn on the cob * * * [kɔːn] Indian husk corn raise sweet young corn …
29corn — {{11}}corn (1) grain, O.E. corn, from P.Gmc. *kurnam small seed (Cf. O.Fris., O.S. korn grain, M.Du. coren, Ger. Korn, O.N. korn, Goth. kaurn), from PIE root *gre no grain (Cf. O.C.S. zruno …
30corn */*/ — UK [kɔː(r)n] / US [kɔrn] noun Word forms corn : singular corn plural corns 1) a) [uncountable] British crops such as wheat and barley b) the seeds of wheat, barley etc which are crushed to make flour a sack of corn 2) a) [uncountable] maize b)… …
