corn¹ /körn/

1. Collectively, seeds of cereal plants, or the plants themselves, esp (in England) wheat, (in Scotland and Ireland) oats, (in N America) maize
2. A grain, a hard particle
3. A kernel or small hard seed
4. Something old-fashioned or hackneyed

1. Of, for, relating to, made from, growing among, or feeding upon, corn
2. Granular

1. To make granular (archaic)
2. To preserve with salt or brine
3. To give corn to (eg a horse) (dialect)
4. To intoxicate (old slang)

To form seed

corned adjective

Salted

cornˈily adverb

cornˈiness noun

cornˈy adjective (informal)

1. Of, like or abounding in corn
2. Old-fashioned
3. Uninteresting from frequent use
4. Dull
5. Over-sentimental

cornacre see conacre

cornˈ-baby see under kirn¹

cornˈball noun (US)

1. A sweetened ball of popcorn
2. An unsophisticated person
3. Something trite, banal or sentimental

1. Unsophisticated
2. Banal or sentimental

cornˈ-beef or corned beef noun

Preserved salted beef

corn bin noun

A bin for storing corn

cornˈborer noun

A European moth (Ostrinia nubilalis) whose larvae have become a pest of maize in America

cornˈbrake noun

A maize plantation

cornbranˈdy noun

1. Spirits made from grain
2. Whisky

cornˈbrash noun (geology)

A clayey limestone whose presence in soil affords good growth for cereal crops

cornˈbread (or cornˈ-cake) noun (US and W Indies)

Bread (or cake) made of maize meal

corn bunting noun

A common brown bunting (Miliaria calandra) of Europe and Asia

cornˈ-chandler noun

A retailer of grain

cornˈ-chandlery noun

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

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• jerkinhead
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