- a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- the grain, seeds, or kernels of this plant, used for human food or for fodder.
- the ears of this plant.
- the edible seed of certain other cereal plants, especially wheat in England and oats in Scotland.
- the plants themselves.
- sweet corn.
- corn whiskey.
- corn snow.
- old-fashioned, trite, or mawkishly sentimental material, as a joke, a story, or music.
- to preserve and season with salt in grains.
- to preserve and season with brine.
- to granulate, as gunpowder.
- to plant (land) with corn.
- to feed with corn.
- a horny induration or callosity of the epidermis, usually with a central core, formed especially on the toes or feet and caused by undue pressure or friction.
- a combining form meaning “having a horn,” of the kind specified by the initial element: longicorn.
- Cornish.
- Cornwall.
- British
- any of various cereal plants, esp the predominant crop of a region, such as wheat in England and oats in Scotland and Ireland
- the seeds of such plants, esp after harvesting
- a single seed of such plants; a grain
- Also called: Indian corn British equivalent: maize
- a tall annual grass, Zea mays, cultivated for its yellow edible grains, which develop on a spike
- the grain of this plant, used for food, fodder, and as a source of oil
- the plants producing these kinds of grain considered as a growing crop
- (in combination)
- short for corn whisky
- an idea, song, etc, regarded as banal or sentimental
- any hard particle or grain
- to feed (animals) with corn, esp oats
- to preserve in brine
- to salt
- to plant corn on
- a hardening or thickening of the skin around a central point in the foot, caused by pressure or friction
- to offend or hurt someone by touching on a sensitive subject or encroaching on his privileges
