corn
/kɔrn/
verb
- To preserve meat with salt or brine.
- They used to corn beef to keep it from spoiling before refrigerators existed.
- The recipe says to corn the meat for at least three days.
- My grandmother would corn her own ham every winter.
noun
- A tall plant grown for its yellow or white seeds (kernels) that are used as food; the seeds themselves.
- The farmer planted corn in the field behind the barn.
- Popcorn is made from a special type of corn.
- We had fresh corn on the cob for dinner.
- A small, painful area of hard skin on the foot, usually on a toe.
- The doctor said the corn would go away if I wore wider shoes.
- She used a pumice stone to gently remove the corn on her foot.
- Wearing tight shoes gave me a corn on my little toe.
- A word for the main grain crop of a region, such as wheat, barley, or oats (used especially in British English).
- The fields were golden with ripe corn ready for harvest.
- They stored the corn in large granaries to keep it dry.
- In medieval times, corn was the most important food for most people.
- Something that is old-fashioned, sentimental, or trite.
- I can't stand that kind of corn — it's so cheesy.
- His speech was pure corn, but the audience still clapped politely.
- The movie was full of corny jokes and predictable love scenes.
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