corn
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/kɔɹn/
English
Definitions
noun
- The main cereal plant grown for its grain in a given region, such as oats in parts of Scotland and Ireland, and wheat or barley in England and Wales.
- Maize, a grain crop of the species Zea mays.
- A grain or seed, especially of a cereal crop.“He paid her the nominal fee of two corns of barley.”
- A small, hard particle.
verb
- To granulate; to form a substance into grains“to corn gunpowder”
- To preserve using coarse salt, e.g. corned beef
- To provide with corn (typically maize; or, in Scotland, oats) for feed“Corn the horses.”
- To render intoxicated“ale strong enough to corn one”
noun
- A type of callus, usually on the feet or hands.
noun
- Something (e.g. acting, humour, music, or writing) which is deemed old-fashioned or intended to induce emotion.
noun
- A type of granular snow formed by repeated melting and re-freezing, often in mountain spring conditions.
Related words
Synonyms
clavuscorn snowmaizewheatindian corncorn whiskeycorn whiskyedible cornzea maysgrainbarleycerealschmaltzcornfieldoatscrustoat