Definition, Meaning, Synonyms & Anagrams | English word CORN
CORN
Definitions of CORN
- A grain or seed, especially of a cereal crop.
- A small, hard particle.
- A type of callus, usually on the feet or hands.
- (Commonwealth English, but not Australia or New Zealand, uncountable) Any cereal plant (or its grain) that is the main crop or staple of a country or region.
- (US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, uncountable) Maize, a grain crop of the species Zea mays.
- (uncountable) A type of granular snow formed by repeated melting and refreezing, often in mountain spring conditions.
- (Jamaica, MLE, slang, firearms, uncountable) bullets, ammunition, charge and discharge of firearms
- (Jamaica, slang, uncountable) money.
- (US, Canada) To granulate; to form (a substance) into grains.
- (US, Canada) To preserve using coarse salt, e.g. corned beef.
- (US, Canada) To provide (an animal) with corn (typically maize; or, in Scotland, oats) for feed.
- (transitive, obsolete) To render intoxicated.
- (Jamaican, MLE, slang) To shoot up with bullets as by a shotgun ().
- (veterinary medicine) An inflammatory disease of a horse's hoof, at the caudal part of the sole.
- (veterinary medicine) Skin hyperplasia with underlying fibroma between both digits of cattle.
- (US, Canada) Something (e.g. acting, humour, music, or writing) which is deemed old-fashioned or intended to induce emotion.
- A surname.
- A town in Oklahoma
Number of letters
4
Is palindrome
No
Examples of Using CORN in a Sentence
- Beer is an alcoholic beverage produced by the brewing and fermentation of starches from cereal grains—most commonly malted barley, although wheat, maize (corn), rice, and oats are also used.
- Maize (corn), beans, rice, peanuts, cashews, pineapples, cassava, yams, and other various tubers are grown for local subsistence.
- Most Canadian whiskies are blended multi-grain liquors containing a large percentage of corn spirits, and are typically lighter and smoother than other whisky styles.
- Soddy was born at 6 Bolton Road, Eastbourne, England, the son of Benjamin Soddy, corn merchant, and his wife Hannah Green.
- They lived mainly by fishing, hunting, gathering edible plants and fruits, growing corn, squash, and root crops, and lived in wattle and daub houses with thatched rooves of palm leaves.
- The sweetener may be a sugar, high-fructose corn syrup, fruit juice, a sugar substitute (in the case of diet sodas), or some combination of these.
- Worldwide, it is the most common carbohydrate in human diets, and is contained in large amounts in staple foods such as wheat, potatoes, maize (corn), rice, and cassava (manioc).
- Various grains (which may be malted) are used for different varieties, including barley, corn, rye, and wheat.
- Carotenoids give the characteristic yellow color to autumn leaves, corn, canaries, daffodils, and lemons, as well as egg yolks, buttercups, and bananas.
- Typical ingredients are corn cut from the cob, water, butter and flour, with salt and pepper for seasoning.
- Famine in Upper Rhineland: A fleet of 800 river boats, built for the Rhine, cross to the British east coast, and carry back enough corn to raise the famine.
- November 7 – Athanasius is banished to Trier, on the charge that he prevented the corn fleet from sailing to Constantinople.
- Their diet was composed of fish from the river and corn cultivated in man-made clearings with a supplement of game from the forests.
- Founded in 1843, The Economist was first circulated by Scottish economist James Wilson to muster support for abolishing the British Corn Laws (1815–1846), a system of import tariffs.
- Publius Clodius Pulcher, Roman tribune, institutes a monthly corn dole for poor Romans, and exiles Cicero from the city.
- Pueblo people speak languages from four different language families, and each Pueblo is further divided culturally by kinship systems and agricultural practices, although all cultivate varieties of corn (maize).
- α-Tocopherol is the main source found in supplements and in the European diet, where the main dietary sources are olive and sunflower oils, while γ-tocopherol is the most common form in the American diet due to a higher intake of soybean and corn oil.
- Coinciding with Britain's repeal of the Corn Laws, it led to an increase in trade and was one of the lowest tariffs in American history.
- A crop circle, crop formation, or corn circle is a pattern created by flattening a crop, usually a cereal.
- Corn flour has been important in Mesoamerican cuisine since ancient times and remains a staple in the Americas.
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