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Corn

noun
Word Frequency: 16.4

Definitions

1.nounThe main cereal plant grown for its grain in a given region, such as oats in parts of Scotland and Ireland, and wheat or barley in England and Wales.
2.nounMaize, a grain crop of the species Zea mays.
3.nounA grain or seed, especially of a cereal crop.
"He paid her the nominal fee of two corns of barley."
4.nounA small, hard particle.
5.verbTo granulate; to form a substance into grains
"to corn gunpowder"
6.verbTo preserve using coarse salt, e.g. corned beef
7.verbTo provide with corn (typically maize; or, in Scotland, oats) for feed
"Corn the horses."
8.verbTo render intoxicated
"ale strong enough to corn one"

Synonyms

maizewheatindian corncorn whiskeyclavuscorn whiskyedible cornzea maysgrainbarleycerealschmaltz

Rhymes With

forlornscornadornhornswornunicornmournporn
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