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corn

corn

10 8.4
A small painful thick area of skin on a toe from tight shoes
  • noun
  • /kɔrn/
translation icon : callo
  • Can I have some corn plasters?
  • corns and calluses

Examples

Synonyms

clavus
vscorn
  • Specialized
9.9

A hard, painful patch of skin on a toe formed by pressure from shoes

is the common everyday word used instead of the medical term

Antonyms

440 1.0

A feeling of comfort when pain or worry goes away

190 1.0

A feeling of physical ease and being free from pain

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

How Painful

ulcer
81 3.7
sore
49 2.2
corn
10 8.4
blister
52 2.4
callus
3 3.9

Surface Forms

corn singular
corns plural

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'.