Definitions of corn [ɔrn]

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Definition of 'corn'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) corn
a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the kernels on large ears.

2.  corn
the kernels of this plant, used for human food or for fodder.

3.  corn
the ears of this plant.

4.  corn
the edible seed of certain other cereal plants, esp. wheat in England and oats in Scotland.

5.  corn
the plants themselves.

6.  corn
Informal. old-fashioned, trite, or mawkishly sentimental material, as a story or music.

7. (v.t.) corn
to preserve and season with brine or with salt in grains.

8.  corn
to granulate, as gunpowder.

9.  corn
to feed with corn.

10. (n.) corn
a horny growth of tissue with a tender core, formed over a bone, esp. on the toes, as a result of pressure or friction.

Etymology: (1375–1425; late ME corne < AF, MF < L cornūhorn , hence a horny hardening of the cuticle)

Definition of 'corn'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) corn, maize, Indian corn, Zea mays
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. (noun) corn
the dried grains or kernels or corn used as animal feed or ground for meal

3. (noun) corn, edible corn
ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human food

4. (noun) corn, clavus
a hard thickening of the skin (especially on the top or sides of the toes) caused by the pressure of ill-fitting shoes

5. (noun) corn
(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. (noun) corn whiskey, corn whisky, corn
whiskey distilled from a mash of not less than 80 percent corn

7. (verb) corn
something sentimental or trite
"that movie was pure corn"

8. (verb) corn
feed (cattle) with corn

9. (verb) corn
preserve with salt
"corned beef"

Definition of 'corn'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) corn
a plant with large yellow seeds, or these seeds used as food
He was eating an ear of corn.

2. corn
a painful area of hard skin on your foot
a painful corn

Definition of 'corn'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) corn
a thickening of the epidermis at some point, esp. on the toes, by friction or pressure. It is usually painful and troublesome

2. (noun) corn
a single seed of certain plants, as wheat, rye, barley, and maize; a grain

3. (noun) corn
the various farinaceous grains of the cereal grasses used for food, as wheat, rye, barley, maize, oats

4. (noun) corn
the plants which produce corn, when growing in the field; the stalks and ears, or the stalks, ears, and seeds, after reaping and before thrashing

5. (noun) corn
a small, hard particle; a grain

6. (verb) corn
to preserve and season with salt in grains; to sprinkle with salt; to cure by salting; now, specifically, to salt slightly in brine or otherwise; as, to corn beef; to corn a tongue

7. (verb) corn
to form into small grains; to granulate; as, to corn gunpowder

8. (verb) corn
to feed with corn or (in Sctland) oats; as, to corn horses

9. (verb) corn
to render intoxicated; as, ale strong enough to corn one

Translation of 'corn'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: the seeds of cereal plants, especially (in Britain) wheat, or (in North America) maize.
Afrikaans: mielies	Arabic: حُبوب	Bulgarian: зрънце
Brazilian: grão	Czech: zrní	German: das Korn
Danish: korn; majs	Greek: δημητριακά	Spanish: cereales (maíz, trigo, av
Estonian: viljaterad, nisu, mais	Farsi: دانۀ غلات	Finnish: maissi
French: grain	Hebrew: תְבוּאָה	Hindi: मकई का दाना
Croatian: pšenica, žito	Hungarian: gabonaszem (brit: búza, a	Indonesian: jagung
Icelandic: korn; maís	Italian: grano	Japanese: 小麦, とうもろこし
Korean: 곡물	Lithuanian: grūdai, kukurūzai	Latvian: kukurūza
Malay: bijirin	Dutch: koren, maa as	Norwegian: korn; hvete; mais
Polish: ziarno	Persian: دانۀ غلات	Pashto: دانه، غله، جوار(امريكا، ك
Portuguese: grão	Romanian: grâu; porumb	Russian: зерновые
Slovak: pšenica; kukurica	Slovenian: zrno	Serbian: kukuruz
Swedish: säd, spannmål, vete, majs	Thai: เมล็ดข้าวหรือข้าวโพด	Turkish: mısır
Taiwanese: 穀物的種子(英，尤指小麥)，(美)玉米	Ukrainian: зерно; збіжжя	Urdu: ، مکی، مکئى، اناج کا دان‍
Vietnamese: hạt ngũ cốc	Chinese: （英）谷物，（北美）玉米
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