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corn

corn

522 1.0
A tall plant with large yellow seeds used for food
  • noun
  • /kɔrn/
  • US
translation icon : maíz
  • I bought a bag of corn to make popcorn for the movie night.
  • sweet corn
  • corn on the cob
  • grow corn

Real estate is a commodity just like corn, steel, copper.

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Examples

  • The old man lifted a piece of corn and ate with an appetite.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • Community banker Steve Lindholm notes that the corn planting started a bit ahead of schedule this year.

    Academic text (1999)
  • The price of corn is going up.

  • There was some corn on it and some tomatoes.

  • I got butterfly chicken, corn and chips.

  • I'm making that creamed corn you like.

  • This is like corn-fed Iowa beef.

  • Sweet summer corn!

  • The policy chosen will be critical in determining the growth of both corn and cellulose ethanol.

    Academic text (2008)
  • The farmer harvested the corn in late summer for sale at the market.

Synonyms

maize
vscorn
12 1.9

A tall plant that produces small yellow seeds used for food and animal feed

is the everyday agricultural term for the plant, its seeds, and products
Zea mays
vscorn
  • Specialized
5.6

A tall plant grown for its large ears of corn

is the common food and feed term rather than the scientific label

Idioms

1 8.3

A question that shows something is not related to the topic

Use saved resources now in a way that harms future success

Compounds

22 2.3

A sweet thick liquid made from corn that you use to make food sweeter and thicker

17 1.8

A hot dog covered in cornmeal batter and fried on a stick

A cooked ear with rows of yellow kernels you eat by holding the ends

9 1.0

A thin crisp toasted piece made from corn eaten for breakfast with milk

8 3.5

A small triangular sweet with yellow, orange, and white layers often eaten at Halloween

7 1.1

A type of corn with sweet, tender kernels that people eat as a vegetable when young

5 1.0

A thin crunchy snack made from corn and fried, often salted or flavored

3 1.0

A small cake made from cornmeal like cornbread

3 1.3

A hard middle part of an ear of corn that holds the kernels

3 9.0

Illegal strong alcohol made by distilling corn mash secretly

bushel of corn
  • Specialized
2 4.2

A measure of dry corn equal to eight gallons, about 36 liters

2 1.6

A tall stem that holds the leaves and ears of a corn plant

2 2.8

A thick soup made with corn and milk, often with potatoes and onions

2 1.4

A pale yellow vegetable oil made from corn kernels used for cooking

1 3.1

An area in the US Midwest where farmers mainly grow corn

1 2.2

A baked dish of corn, cream, and eggs served as a side dish

can of corn
  • Archaic
1 9.0

An easy catch in baseball or a very simple task

1 2.0

A flat food like a pancake made from cornmeal and cooked on a pan

1 4.2

A small annual plant with tender edible leaves used in salads

1 3.5

Long thin soft threads that grow on the top of an ear of corn

1 6.0

A gentle reddish-orange snake from the southeastern United States often found on farms and kept as a pet

1 7.5

Snow made of small loose grains after melting in daytime and freezing again at night

1 4.2

A type of corn with hard kernels in many colors used for decoration or food

1 2.5

A small fried cake of batter and bits of corn served hot as a snack or side dish

corn gluten
  • Specialized
1 4.4

A protein from corn used in food and animal feed

corn gluten feed
  • Specialized
1 4.5

A coarse food for farm animals like cattle made from parts left after making corn products

1 7.7

An insect, usually a moth or its caterpillar, that eats holes in corn stems and harms the crop

1 2.9

A sugar made from corn starch used to sweeten food and drinks

1 5.6

An alcoholic drink made mostly from corn, traditionally from the United States

corn-fed
  • Offensive
1 8.3

A strong, healthy-looking person from the countryside who seems a bit naive

field corn
  • Specialized
1 4.2

A farm crop grown for animal feed and grain products, not eaten fresh

1 3.0

Young corn picked and eaten before it ripens

seed corn
  • Specialized
1 4.1

Kernels of corn kept for planting the next crop

1 6.7

Money or goods kept for use later to help future growth

A small leafy plant people use in salads that can grow wild as a weed

A small white wildflower with a yellow center that grows in cornfields and spreads quickly

9.9

A plant with bright purple, trumpet-shaped flowers and poisonous seeds that grows in grain fields and roadsides

8.6

A small oval cake made with cornmeal that is fried or baked

9.3

A traditional dance by some Native American people to ask for rain and a good corn harvest

7.9

A small oval cornmeal cake usually baked or fried

corn earworm
  • Specialized
8.1

A caterpillar that eats and damages corn and other crop plants

corn exchange
  • Archaic
7.5

A building where people buy and sell grain like corn

corn lily
  • South African
7.5

A South African plant with long grasslike leaves and bright lily-like flowers

A small moth whose caterpillars tunnel into corn stems and damage crops

9.9

A European wildflower with reddish-purple trumpet-shaped flowers and poisonous seeds

7.9

A plant with bright yellow flowers that grows as a weed in grain fields

9.1

A small weed with white flowers that often grows in fields and roadsides

6.8

A small herb with a strong smell and green leaves used to make tea and oils

8.4

A tool that breaks corn kernels for food or animal feed

4.1

A bright red wild flower that grows in fields of grain in Europe and that people often plant in gardens

corn smut
  • Specialized
9.3

A disease caused by a fungus that makes big grey growths on corn ears

A small annual plant with tiny blue flowers that grows in open ground like roadsides

9.9

A small plant with thin leaves and white star-shaped flowers that grows in fields

9.9

A small weed with leaves that grow around the stem and white flowers in farm fields

9.9

A cornbread cake wrapped in cabbage leaves and baked in hot ashes

4.9

An animal raised mainly on corn that often has more tender meat

crow corn
  • Archaic
9.9

A small plant like grass with pale flowers and a bitter root used to treat stomach problems

dent corn
  • Specialized
7.0

A type of corn with kernels that have a small dent at the top

A type of corn grown to eat, like sweet corn cooked and eaten

Egyptian corn
  • Indian
8.8

A grain plant called sorghum that people grow for food in dry regions of North Africa and Asia

A small moth whose young caterpillars make holes in corn stems and damage crops

flint corn
  • Specialized
8.1

A type of corn with hard outer kernels and a soft inside used for food or decoration

flour corn
  • Specialized
6.3

A type of corn with very soft kernels used to make fine meal

9.6

A grain plant grown in dry areas for food and animal feed

kafir corn
  • Archaic
9.9

A type of grain plant grown for food and animal feed

kaffir corn
  • Archaic
9.7

A tall grain plant like corn grown for food and animal feed

2.5

A type of corn with sweet young ears eaten as a vegetable

A type of corn people grow for sweet, tender kernels to eat

A type of cornbread cooked in a frying pan that has a crisp golden crust

soft corn
  • Specialized
5.6

Corn with kernels that are mostly soft and grind easily into flour

squaw corn
  • Archaic
9.6

A type of corn with soft, starchy kernels

9.9

A small woodland plant with creamy white flowers and yellow roots like corn kernels

9.3

A type of corn with hard outer kernel and softer inner part

Surface Forms

corn singular
corns plural
corn plural
corn singular

Etymology

Corn comes from an old English word meaning 'grain', and when Europeans found that maize was the main grain in America they began to call that plant corn, which is why American corn means maize.