corn
Any cereal plant that is the main crop or staple of a country or regionAny cereal plant (or its grain) that is the main crop or staple of a country or region.
» I'm allergic to corn.
Ich habe eine Maisallergie.
Ich bin allergisch gegen Mais.
У меня аллергия на кукурузу.
В мене алергія на кукурудзу.
Meaning
12 senses(Commonwealth, uncountable, usually)Any cereal plant (or its grain) that is the main crop or staple of a country or region.
Getreide, Korn
(Great Britain) any of various cereal plants (especially the dominant crop of the region — wheat in Great Britain or oats in Scotland and Ireland)
(Australia, Canada, New Zealand, US, uncountable, usually)Maize, a grain crop of the species Zea mays.
(uncountable, usually)A single seed of a food crop, especially a cereal grass crop.
He paid her the nominal fee of two corns of barley.
Korn, Getreide, Zerealie
зерно́zernó
(uncountable, usually)A small, hard particle.
Korn
(uncountable, usually)A type of granular snow formed by repeated melting and refreezing, often in mountain spring conditions.
(Jamaica, Multicultural London English, slang, uncountable, usually)Bullets, ammunition, and charge and discharge of firearms.
(Jamaica, slang, uncountable, usually)Money.
(transitive)A type of callus, usually on the feet or hands.
Hühnerauge
мозо́льmozólʹ
мозо́льmozólʹ
(transitive)An inflammatory disease of a horse's hoof, at the caudal part of the sole.
(transitive)Skin hyperplasia with underlying fibroma between both digits of cattle.
(Canada, US, transitive, uncountable)Something (e.g., acting, humour, music, or writing) which is deemed old-fashioned or intended to induce emotion.
(Internet, euphemistic, transitive, uncountable)Pornography; porn
Examples
236 sentencesI'm allergic to corn.
В мене алергія на кукурудзу. — deniko
ruУ меня аллергия на кукурузу. — marafon
deIch habe eine Maisallergie. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Bourbon is made from corn.
Бурбон виготовляють із зерна. — sadxaka
ruБурбон производят из зерна. — vilnat
deBourbon wird aus Mais gemacht. — jast
Tom still hasn't planted the corn.
Tom bought a bushel of corn.
I spent all day planting corn.
Translations
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Origin
Inherited from Middle English corn, from Old English corn, from Proto-West Germanic *korn,Inherited from Middle English corn, from Old English corn, from Proto-West Germanic *korn, from Proto-Germanic *kurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm (“grain; worn-down”), from *ǵerh₂- (“grow old, mature”).
Rhyming euphemism for porn, and with influence from the emoji substitute 🌽.
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Forms
plural: corns| Singular | corn |
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uncountable
Synonyms
10 synonyms- ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human food:edible corn
- tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times:maizeIndian cornZea mays
- a hard thickening of the skin (especially on the top or sides of the toes) caused by the pressure of ill-fitting shoes:clavus
- whiskey distilled from a mash of not less than 80 percent corn:corn whiskeycorn whisky
Word family
160 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable