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corn

/ˈkɔɹn/

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What does corn mean?

noun

  1. Any cereal plant (or its grain) that is the main crop or staple of a country or region.
  2. Maize, a grain crop of the species Zea mays.
  3. A single seed of a food crop, especially a cereal grass crop.
More meanings (16)

noun

  1. A small, hard particle.
  2. A type of granular snow formed by repeated melting and refreezing, often in mountain spring conditions.
  3. (slang) Bullets, ammunition, and charge and discharge of firearms.
  4. (slang) Money.
  5. A type of callus, usually on the feet or hands.
  6. An inflammatory disease of a horse's hoof, at the caudal part of the sole.
  7. Skin hyperplasia with underlying fibroma between both digits of cattle.
  8. Something (e.g., acting, humour, music, or writing) which is deemed old-fashioned or intended to induce emotion.
  9. pornography; porn

verb

  1. To granulate; to form (a substance) into grains.
  2. To preserve using coarse salt, e.g. corned beef.
  3. To provide (an animal) with corn (typically maize; or, in Scotland, oats) for feed.
  4. (slang) To shoot up with bullets as by a shotgun (corn).
  5. (obsolete) To render intoxicated.

proper noun

  1. A surname.
  2. A town in Oklahoma.
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IPA pronunciation

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But her attention was given to the central figure, who stood upon some sacks of corn, facing the people and the door.
Thomas HardyTess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure WomanProject Gutenberg ebook #110
Going out through the tunnel, I gave the hens their corn, emptied the ice from their drinking-pan, and filled it with water.
Willa CatherMy ÁntoniaProject Gutenberg ebook #242
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One day they flamed and rioted up and down the shining river, raced over the corn field, and tilted on the sumac.
Gene Stratton-PorterThe Song of the CardinalProject Gutenberg ebook #533
About four acres of Spangenberg’s garden were cleared in time for the first summer’s crop of corn, which yielded them sixty bushels.
Adelaide L. (Adelaide Lisetta) FriesThe Moravians in Georgia, 1735-1740Project Gutenberg ebook #570
For there grows no corn, ne wine, ne beans, ne peas, ne none other fruit convenable to man for to live with.
John, Sir MandevilleThe Travels of Sir John MandevilleProject Gutenberg ebook #782