corn
- noun
- /kɔrn/
- Can I have some corn plasters?
- corns and calluses
Examples
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This corn hurts.
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Wow, I really stepped on a corn that time.
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I left corn cure by the bed.
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I think I, I think I hurt my corn.
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Put some use to them corns on your feet.
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Corns on the top of the foot or on the ball of the foot.
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Hey, Frankie, could you take a look at my corns, please?
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I got corns, bunions and blisters.
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Soak your feet in warm water and Epsom salt to soften and smooth corns.
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My corn hurts because I wore tight shoes all day.
Synonyms
A hard, painful patch of skin on a toe formed by pressure from shoes
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- US
A sweet thick liquid made from corn that you use to make food sweeter and thicker
- US
A small triangular sweet with yellow, orange, and white layers often eaten at Halloween
A type of corn with sweet, tender kernels that people eat as a vegetable when young
- US
A gentle reddish-orange snake from the southeastern United States often found on farms and kept as a pet
- UK
Snow made of small loose grains after melting in daytime and freezing again at night
- US
A small fried cake of batter and bits of corn served hot as a snack or side dish
- Specialized
A coarse food for farm animals like cattle made from parts left after making corn products
An insect, usually a moth or its caterpillar, that eats holes in corn stems and harms the crop
- US
An alcoholic drink made mostly from corn, traditionally from the United States
- Offensive
A strong, healthy-looking person from the countryside who seems a bit naive
A small white wildflower with a yellow center that grows in cornfields and spreads quickly
- UK
A plant with bright purple, trumpet-shaped flowers and poisonous seeds that grows in grain fields and roadsides
- US
A traditional dance by some Native American people to ask for rain and a good corn harvest
- South African
A South African plant with long grasslike leaves and bright lily-like flowers
- UK
A European wildflower with reddish-purple trumpet-shaped flowers and poisonous seeds
- UK
A bright red wild flower that grows in fields of grain in Europe and that people often plant in gardens
A small annual plant with tiny blue flowers that grows in open ground like roadsides
- UK
A small plant with thin leaves and white star-shaped flowers that grows in fields
- UK
A small weed with leaves that grow around the stem and white flowers in farm fields
- Archaic
A small plant like grass with pale flowers and a bitter root used to treat stomach problems
- Indian
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
- Specialized
A type of corn with hard outer kernels and a soft inside used for food or decoration
A small woodland plant with creamy white flowers and yellow roots like corn kernels
How Painful
Surface Forms
Etymology
Corn for a painful hard spot on the foot comes from an old word meaning 'horn', because the skin becomes hard and pointed like a little 'horn'.