corn

Nouns

• (n) 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 Indian corn, maize, Zea mays,
• (n) the dried grains or kernels or corn used as animal feed or ground for meal
• (n) ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human food edible corn,
• (n) a hard thickening of the skin (especially on the top or sides of the toes) caused by the pressure of ill-fitting shoes clavus,
• (n) (Great Britain) any of various cereal plants (especially the dominant crop of the region--wheat in Great Britain or oats in Scotland and Ireland)
• (n) whiskey distilled from a mash of not less than 80 percent corn corn whiskey, corn whisky,
• (n) something sentimental or trite
  • that movie was pure corn

Verbs

• (v) feed (cattle) with corn
• (v) preserve with salt
  • corned beef

Synonyms

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