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
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,846 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 5,810 times across 139,755 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- 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 also: maize, Indian corn, Zea mays
- the dried grains or kernels or corn used as animal feed or ground for meal
- ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human food also: edible corn
- a hard thickening of the skin (especially on the top or sides of the toes) caused by the pressure of ill-fitting shoes also: clavus
- (Great Britain) any of various cereal plants (especially the dominant crop of the region--wheat in Great Britain or oats in Scotland and Ireland)
- whiskey distilled from a mash of not less than 80 percent corn also: corn whiskey, corn whisky
verb
- feed (cattle) with corn
corn in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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The crops raised consisted of a small flint corn, rye oats, potatoes and turnips.
Death Valley in '49 Important chapter · William Lewis Manly · Chapter 1
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Everybody came to buy corn at the farm, and went away pouring maledictions on the Black Brothers.
Famous Stories Every Child Should Know · Hamilton Wright [Editor] Mabie · Chapter 1
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They crept into the corn, but the army did not march on, but remained encamped close around them.
The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts · World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) · Chapter 1
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I do protest, if any chaste denial, If anything but blood could have allay'd His long suit to me---- Corn.
The White Devil · John Webster · Chapter 1
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And, hark! a train of horsemen, with sound of dog and horn, Come leaping o'er the ditches, come trampling down the corn!
Pennsylvania Pilgrim, and other poems Part 6 From — Volume I · John Greenleaf Whittier · Chapter 1