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corn

UK /ˈkɔːn/US /ˈkɔɹn/

noun12

  1. (US, Australia) food plants that grow taller than a person and carry yellow seeds in close rows on long heads
  2. (Commonwealth) Any cereal plant (or its grain) that is the main crop or staple of a country or region.
  3. A type of callus, usually on the feet or hands.
  4. An inflammatory disease of a horse's hoof, at the caudal part of the sole.
  5. Skin hyperplasia with underlying fibroma between both digits of cattle.
  6. (US, Canada) Something (e.g., acting, humour, music, or writing) which is deemed old-fashioned or intended to induce emotion.
  7. A single seed of a food crop, especially a cereal grass crop.
  8. A small, hard particle.
  9. A type of granular snow formed by repeated melting and refreezing, often in mountain spring conditions.
  10. (Internet, slang) pornography; porn
  11. (slang) Money.
  12. (slang) Bullets, ammunition, and charge and discharge of firearms.

verb5

  1. To preserve using coarse salt, e.g. corned beef.
  2. To granulate; to form (a substance) into grains.
  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. (no longer used) To render intoxicated.
forms

corned · corning · corns

Phrases with corn

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