corn circle see crop circle under crop

cornˈcob noun

The woody core of a maize ear

corncob pipe noun

A tobacco pipe with the bowl made of a maize cob

cornˈcockle noun

A tall-growing cornfield weed (Agrostemma githago) with reddish-purple flowers, similar to the campion

cornˈ-cracker noun (US)

1. A poor white
2. A Kentuckian

cornˈcrake noun

A type of rail (Crex crex), of elusive habit and with a characteristic rasping cry, commonly nesting in hayfields

cornˈcrib noun (chiefly N American)

A ventilated building for storing maize

cornˈ-dealer, cornˈ-factor or cornˈ-merchant noun

A merchant who buys and sells corn

corn dodger noun (US)

A cake, small loaf or dumpling made of maize

corn dog noun (US)

A sausage covered in batter, served on a stick

corn-dollie see under kirn¹

corn earworm noun

The larva of a noctuid moth (Heliothis zea) that feeds on corn ears and other crops

corn exchange noun

A building where trade in corn is (or was) carried on

cornˈ-fed adjective

1. Fed on corn
2. Well-fed

cornˈfield noun

A field in which corn is growing

cornˈflag noun

Another name for a gladiolus

cornˈflake noun

1. A crazy or silly person (US sl)
2. (in pl) toasted flakes of maize, eaten esp as a breakfast cereal

cornˈflour noun

Finely ground maize, rice, or other grain, used esp for thickening sauces

cornˈflower noun

A beautiful blue-flowered cornfield weed of the Compositae (Centaurea cyanus)

cornˈfly noun

The gout-fly

cornˈhusk noun (N American)

The outer covering of an ear of maize

cornˈhusker noun

A person or machine that removes cornhusks

cornˈhusking noun

corning house noun

Formerly, a place where gunpowder was granulated

cornˈ-kist noun (Scot)

A grain chest

cornˈ-kister noun

A farm worker's song of his or her life and work

cornˈland noun

Ground suitable for growing grain

corn law noun

A law regulating trade in grain, esp (in pl; with caps) laws that restricted importation to Britain by a duty, repealed in 1846

cornˈloft noun

A granary

cornˈ-maiden see under kirn¹

corn marigold noun

A yellow cornfield chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum segetum)

cornˈmeal noun

Meal made from corn or maize flour

cornˈmill noun

A flour mill

cornˈ-miller noun

cornˈmoth noun

A moth (Tinea granella) of the clothes moth genus, whose larvae feed on grain

corn oil noun

Oil extracted from maize, used in cooking, etc

cornˈpipe noun

A musical instrument made of a stalk of an oat or other cereal

corn pit noun (US)

Part of an exchange where business is done in maize

corn pone noun (US)

1. Maize-bread, often baked or fried
2. A maize loaf

cornˈ-pone adjective

Unsophisticated

corn popper noun

A pan or grating for popping corn

corn poppy noun

The field poppy

corn rent noun

Rent paid in corn, not money

corn rig noun (Scot)

A ridge or strip on which oats are grown

cornˈrow noun

A hairstyle, esp Afro-Caribbean, in which the hair is arranged in tightly braided flat rows

cornˈ-salad noun

A plant of the genus Valerianella, esp V. locusta the common corn-salad, sometimes used as salads and formerly called lamb's lettuce

corn shuck noun (N American)

The husk enclosing a maize ear

corn shucker noun (N American)

A person or machine that removes corn shucks

cornˈ-shucking noun (N American)

The removal of corn shucks

corn silk noun (N American)

The silky tuft at the tip of an ear of maize, formerly used as a diuretic

corn snake noun

A harmless snake (Coluber guttatus) of the southern USA

corn snow noun (N American)

Granular snow

corn spirit noun (folklore)

A god or spirit concerned in the growth of corn

corn spurrey noun

A common weed of cornfields (Spergula arvensis), with small white five-petalled flowers

cornˈstalk noun

1. A stalk of corn
2. A tall thin person, esp one born in New South Wales (Aust)

cornˈstarch noun (N American)

Cornflour

cornˈstone noun

A silicious limestone, favourable for cereal growing

corn thrips noun

A minute flying insect of the order Thysanoptera, that sucks the sap of grain

corn van noun

An instrument for winnowing corn

corn weevil noun

A small weevil (Calandra granaria), destructive in granaries

corn whisky noun

An American whisky made from maize

cornˈworm noun

1. A corn weevil
2. A corn moth larva

corn in Egypt

Abundance (Bible, Genesis 42.2)

corn on the cob

A cob of maize with grains still attached, cooked whole and eaten as a vegetable

crop /krop/

noun

1. The total quantity produced, cut or harvested
2. The total growth or produce
3. A cultivated plant, collectively
4. A number, quantity (of products, ideas, etc) produced or appearing at a time, a supply
5. A season's yield
6. An end cut off
7. An act or mode of cutting
8. A style of cutting or wearing short hair
9. A hunting whip with loop instead of lash
10. The craw, a dilatation of a bird's oesophagus
11. A similar structure in another animal
12. A complete tanned hide of an animal
13. A finial (architecture)
14. An outcrop

transitive verb (croppˈing; cropped)

1. To cut off the top, ends, margins or loose parts of
2. To cut short
3. To mow, reap or gather
4. (esp of grazing animals) to bite off in eating
5. To raise crops on
6. To cut the hair of

intransitive verb

1. To yield a crop
2. To come to the surface (with up or out)
3. Hence, to come (up) casually, as in conversation

cropˈful noun (pl cropˈfuls)

As much as a bird's crop can hold

cropfullˈ adjective

Satiated, filled to repletion

croppˈer noun

1. Someone or something that crops
2. A plant that yields a crop
3. A person who raises a crop in exchange for a share of it (also share cropper)
4. A kind of pigeon noted for its large crop
5. A small platen printing machine
6. A fall (informal)
7. A failure (informal)

croppˈing noun

1. The act of cutting off
2. The raising of crops
3. An outcrop (geology)

croppˈy noun

One of the Irish rebels of 1798 who cut their hair short, like the French Revolutionists

cropˈbound adjective

(of birds) suffering from impaction of the crop

crop circle noun

A swirled or flattened circle in a field of arable crop, orig thought to be a natural phenomenon caused by particular meteorological conditions on an undulating landscape but in most instances now proved to be man-made as a hoax (also called corn circle)

cropˈduster noun

1. An aircraft that sprays crops from the air with fungicides or insecticides
2. The pilot of such an aircraft

cropˈ-dusting noun

cropˈ-ear noun (obsolete)

A person, horse, dog, etc with cropped ears

cropˈ-eared adjective

1. (of a person, horse, dog, etc) having the ears cropped
2. (of a Puritan) having hair cropped to show the ears (used by Cavaliers as gibe)

cropˈland noun

Land used for growing crops

cropˈ-marks plural noun (archaeology)

Variations in the depth or colour of a crop growing in a field, which, viewed from the air, can show the presence of a structure beneath the soil

crop rotation noun

The growing of different crops in sequence on the same piece of land over a number of years in order to minimize depletion of the soil

cropˈsick adjective

Sick of a surfeit

crop top noun

A garment for the upper body, cut short to reveal the wearer's stomach

come a cropper (informal)

To have a fall, perhaps from the phrase neck and crop