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- n 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
- n the dried grains or kernels or corn used as animal feed or ground for meal
- n ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human food
- n a hard thickening of the skin (especially on the top or sides of the toes) caused by the pressure of ill-fitting shoes
- n (Great Britain) any of various cereal plants (especially the dominant crop of the region--wheat in Great Britain or oats in Scotland and Ireland)
- n whiskey distilled from a mash of not less than 80 percent corn
- n something sentimental or trite
that movie was pure corn - v feed (cattle) with corn
- v preserve with salt
corned beef
- A new ad campaign by the Corn Refiners Association claims that high-fructose corn syrup is not as fattening as you think.
- As dawn broke over Illinois' cornlands last week, Farmer John Landers, 38, who owns 400 acres near Grand Ridge, opened wide the throttle of his big International tractor and roared .
- The demonstration made in various places last week over the first publication of a book, a magazine and a newspaper printed on paper made from corn stalks was rather perfervid.