corncorn /kɔːn $ kɔːrn/ ●●○ S3 noun 
[uncountable] British English plants such as wheat, barley, and oats or their seeds: 
fields of corn an ear of corn (=the top part of this plant where the seeds grow)2[uncountable] a)American English a tall plant with large yellow seeds that grow together on a cob (=long hard part), which is cooked and eaten as a vegetable or fed to animals SYN maize British English: All our chickens are fed on corn. → corn on the cob b)the seeds of this plant → sweetcorn3[countable] a painful area of thick hard skin on your foot
WORD ORIGINcorn
Origin:
1-2 Old English3 1300-1400 Old French corne ‘horn, corner’; ➔ CORNER1EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- The chickens are raised on a diet of corn and other grains.
- Forty acres of corn burns up in July or is flooded out or beaten to a pulp by hail.
- However, a surplus or excess supply still exists and competition among sellers will once again bid down the price of corn.
- Quite possibly it was a corn mill partially converted for fulling.
- Saute, stirring often, until corn is lightly browned.
- Some people think fresh corn on the cob needs no embellishment.
- The former corn mill is owned by Bristol City Museum and is open to the public.
- They wore large cotton hats to keep off the sun, and gloves to protect their hands from the corn.
- This was one of the largest silk mills in the vicinity, although it started life as a corn mill.
WORD SETS
alfalfa, nounarable, adjectivebarley, nounbran, nouncacao, nouncanker, nouncash crop, nouncassava, nouncereal, nouncocoa, nouncorn, nouncrop, nouncrop-dusting, nouncrop rotation, nouncrop-spraying, nouncultivate, verbcultivated, adjectivecultivation, nouncultivator, noundrill, noundrill, verbear, nounfertilize, verbfertilizer, nounfield corn, noungerminate, verbglean, verbgrain, noungranary, noungrower, nounharvest, nounharvest, verbharvester, nounhay, nounhayloft, nounhaystack, nounhorticulture, nounkernel, nounlift, verbmaize, nounmalt, nounmarket garden, nounmillet, nounoats, nounorchard, nounorganic, adjectiveplant, verbplantation, nounpotato, nounproduce, nounpropagate, verbprune, verbreap, verbrice, nounrice paddy, nounripe, adjectiveroot crop, nounrotate, verbrye, nounryegrass, nounscion, nounseason, nounseed, verbseedbed, nounsheaf, nounsisal, nounsorghum, nounsow, verbsprout, nounstraw, nounstubble, nounsugar beet, nountaro, nountill, verbtillage, noununripe, adjectivevegetable, nounvineyard, nounviticulture, nounwheat, nounwindfall, nounwinnow, verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY an ear of corn (=the top part of this plant where the seeds grow)COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES corned beef hashCOLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
an ear of corn (=the top part of this plant where the seeds grow) (=where corn/cotton etc is grown)· Western Australia's wheat belt
· In summer the rice fields were lush and green.
· The road was surrounded by fields of corn.
· This year's grain harvest is expected to be well over 85 million tons.
corned beef hash· Some people think fresh corn on the cob needs no embellishment.· Pick the freshest corn you can; it should look moist with bright green husks.· That called for a beer or two, and a supper of fresh corn, while sitting around the fire outside.
· The ploughman lost his sweat, and the green corn Hath rotted ere his youth attain'd a beard.· These are the sure signs that green corn tamale season is in full swing.· It was very simple, the unexpected swallows and the sun and the green corn.
· Today, Oil Mill is still at work grinding corn, much of the original structure still surviving.· On the far side of the village was a small water mill, probably used for grinding corn.· The Apache women rubbing skins and grinding corn, their hair greasy and full of vermin.· Much of the original wooden machinery is intact - it was used to drive two pairs of millstones for grinding corn.· Damsell's was one of the latter for, by the mid-1840s the firm of Lord and Archer were grinding corn there.· The mill was used for grinding corn until the seventeenth century.· Although no longer used commercially, it was apparently put to occasional use grinding corn up to the start of the First World War.
· There was a choice of vegetarian lasagne or lamb stew with baked potatoes, sweet corn and garlic bread.· I have solved the corn crisis by dedicating a single bed to growing sweet corn.· If the climate changes a bit more, he could grow sweet corn in the south and wheat in the north.
NOUN· We're getting food like corn beef milk and flour and dividing into packages and taking into inaccessible places.
· Bake for 20 minutes or until corn bread tests done.· We just got beans and corn bread.· Unsweetened iced tea, fried catfish, hold the french fries and corn bread.· With such passions flaring inside, I approached the development of corn bread with all due sobriety.· Bake in 400-degree oven 25 to 30 minutes or until corn bread is golden brown.· We had discovered the missing link in the corn bread saga.· Spread the corn bread batter on top of beef mixture and arrange so that the batter is in strips across the casserole.
· Add the shallot, beans and oriental corn cobs and cook, stirring for about 3 minutes.· Add stock and reserved corn cobs and bring to a boil.· One fellow is roasting corn cobs over a charcoal stove.
· Numerous former corn exchanges have been converted into shopping arcades accordingly.· It's a long time since you could go to your local corn exchange and see international artists for ten bob.
· This is the crowning glory of Van Gogh's maize and corn fields.· Rice paddies and corn fields stretched away from the road.
· His corn flakes had probably gone soggy at breakfast too.
· Add corn kernels and simmer for 3 minutes.· Chop the dates into pieces about the size of corn kernels and set them aside as well.· Cut corn kernels from cobs and place in saucepan with carrot, bell pepper, garlic, onion, and stock.· Roughchop corn kernels to extract the natural sugar and corn milk.· Gently press corn kernel mixture into the flour-egg-cornmeal mixture.
· Further upstream towards Brockworth, the brook also powered a corn mill, but of Brockworth Mill there is now little trace.· This was one of the largest silk mills in the vicinity, although it started life as a corn mill.· This was purpose-built as a corn mill, although Constance used part of the building to house his wood-turning business.· It has remained a corn mill throughout its working life, having had no known connection with the wool trade.· The name actually derives from a corn mill, recorded on the site in 1620, belonging to William Gunne.· Mill blaze: A welding torch yesterday started a fire at a North Yorkshire corn mill.· Baked in a kiln at the old corn mill, the filling was made from mutton and fowl.· Around 1560 Millbottom consisted of a corn mill under the control of a Stroud clothier, William Webb.
· Maize comes in many guises, including cornflour, cornflakes, corn oil, corn syrup, sweetcorn, corn-on-the-cob and popcorn.· One such is made with corn oil and skim milk; another, soybean oil and sodium caseinate.· Using a pastry brush, coat lightly with corn oil.
· Farmers might withhold some of their current corn harvest from the market, anticipating a higher corn price in the future.
· He says financial institutions have recognised that little companies provide a base for industry and the seed corn for new ideas.· They carried on an extensive trade in a variety of products such as cattle cake, seed corn, manure and farm fertilisers.
· Maize comes in many guises, including cornflour, cornflakes, corn oil, corn syrup, sweetcorn, corn-on-the-cob and popcorn.· Blend sugar, corn syrup, water and butter.· Chances are you will find corn syrup listed as a sweetener.· He also knew about Ruby, codename for a project to develop a fat substitute based on corn syrup.· Stir in corn syrup and cream and heat, stirring constantly just to boiling.· Add food coloring to the corn syrup and pour it in the container.· Then add the water to the corn syrup, pouring it gently down the side of the container.
· Noticeably fresh, too -- El Indio makes its own corn tortillas.· Tear two corn tortillas into small pieces and add to the soup pot.
VERB· When he gave the order, they began to cut the corn in the field where I was hiding.· With a serrated knife, cut corn kernels off cob; set aside.· When he had them so placed, he spurred ahead and drew dear, and the archers cut them down like corn.· The little finger of his right hand was cut off in a corn picker, 1931.· Instead of driving a modern combine harvester, he's using a binder to cut the corn into sheaves.
· It was a huge red machine which ate all the corn the farm-workers could feed it.· Then he hopped down at my feet and ate all the corn he wanted.
· Eventually we used up our supply and, with caution, ordered some frozen corn nuggets from our distributor.· Though not as sweet as the homegrown, frozen corn worked quite well.
· Built in 1820 it ground corn for a hundred years.
· If the climate changes a bit more, he could grow sweet corn in the south and wheat in the north.· I have solved the corn crisis by dedicating a single bed to growing sweet corn.· Once on the land at Santa Rosa, the squatters grew corn and beans to feed themselves.
· He will plant and harvest corn.· Entire families are busy planting corn and beans just as their ancestors did.· They planted corn and hacked it down with machetes for silage.
· Farmers are standing by, keys in their tractors, ready to sow more corn for the April-May planting season.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1- It's a long time since you could go to your local corn exchange and see international artists for ten bob.
- March cotton rose 2. 04 cents to 84. 50 cents a pound on the New York Cotton Exchange.
- Numerous former corn exchanges have been converted into shopping arcades accordingly.
[uncountable] British English plants such as wheat, barley, and oats or their seeds: fields of corn an ear of corn (=the top part of this plant where the seeds grow)2[uncountable] a)American English a tall plant with large yellow seeds that grow together on a cob (=long hard part), which is cooked and eaten as a vegetable or fed to animals SYN maize British English: All our chickens are fed on corn. → corn on the cob b)the seeds of this plant → sweetcorn3[countable] a painful area of thick hard skin on your foot