corn

Definitions of corn in various dictionaries:

noun - tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties

noun - the dried grains or kernels or corn used as animal feed or ground for meal

noun - ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human food

noun - a hard thickening of the skin (especially on the top or sides of the toes) caused by the pressure of ill-fitting shoes

noun - (Great Britain) any of various cereal plants (especially the dominant crop of the region--wheat in Great Britain or oats in Scotland and Ireland)

noun - whiskey distilled from a mash of not less than 80 percent corn

noun - something sentimental or trite

verb - feed (cattle) with corn

verb - preserve with salt

Any of numerous cultivated forms of a widely grown, usually tall annual cereal grass (Zea mays) bearing grains or kernels on large ears.

The grains or kernels of this plant, used as food for human beings and livestock or for the extraction of an edible oil or starch.

An ear of this plant.

Any of various cereal plants or grains, especially the principal crop cultivated in a particular region, such as wheat in England or oats in Scotland.

A single grain of a cereal plant.

A seed or fruit of various other plants, such as a peppercorn.

Corn snow.

Corn whiskey.

Something considered trite, dated, melodramatic, or unduly sentimental.

To cause to form hard particles; granulate.

To season and preserve with granulated salt.

To preserve (beef, for example) in brine.

To form hard particles; become grainy: “After the snow melts all day, it corns up at night for fine conditions” (Hatfield MA Valley Advocate).

A horny thickening of the skin, usually on or near a toe, resulting from pressure or friction.

verb - to preserve with salt

CORN - Maize ( MAYZ; Zea mays subsp. mays, from Spanish: maíz after Taíno mahiz), also known as corn, is a cereal grain first domesticated by indigenous p...