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| corn [ kawrn ] |
noun (plural corns) |
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1. grain of cereal plant: the grain of a tall annual cereal plant that produces densely packed ears of grains attached to a central core. Use: as a vegetable, ground for flour, to produce oil, or for livestock feed.
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2. cereal plant producing corn: the cereal crop that yields corn. It has been cultivated as a food crop since ancient times. Native to: Central, South America. Latin name Zea mays.
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3. U.K. wheat, barley, or oats: any cereal crop, especially wheat, barley, or oats
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4. meteorology skiing
Same as corn snow
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5. beverages
Same as corn whiskey
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6. corny item or material: something trite or overly sentimental
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informal
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transitive verb |
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food industry preserve food with salt: to preserve food using grains of salt or brine
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| [ Old English< Indo-European, "grain"] |
