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Noun[]
Corn (plural corns)
- Plantilla:British A grain or seed.
- (uncountable) The grain obtained from a plant, especially of cereal crops.
- Plantilla:British A cereal plant grown for its grain. Locally, this may refer the leading crop of a region, such as oats in parts of Scotland and Ireland, wheat, barley etc. in England and Wales.
- 1909, Susannah Mary Paull (translator), The Swiss Family Robinson, page 462:
- I found that we had nearly a hundred bushels of corn, including wheat, maize, and barley, to add to our store.
- 1909, Susannah Mary Paull (translator), The Swiss Family Robinson, page 462:
- (uncountable, not IE, UK) Maize.
- 1809, Edward Augustus Kendall, Travels Through the Northern Parts of the United States[1]:
- The planting or sowing of maize, exclusively called corn, was just accomplished on the Town Hill, when I reached it.
- 1809, Edward Augustus Kendall, Travels Through the Northern Parts of the United States[1]:
- (uncountable, not IE, UK) Sweetcorn.
- 1886 August 7, Eleanor M. Thomas, letter to Herman Melville:
- Mamma lets me have corn for dinner if I eat my meat.
- 1886 August 7, Eleanor M. Thomas, letter to Herman Melville:
Derived terms[]
- cornflour
- cornmeal
- cornstarch
- peppercorn
- sweetcorn