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corn


corn - 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
  • 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
  • a hard thickening of the skin (especially on the top or sides of the toes) caused by the pressure of ill-fitting shoes
  • (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
  • something sentimental or trite

    • corn - verb

    • feed (cattle) with corn
    • preserve with salt

    corn - thesaurus

    clavus   maize  


    View spelling list or words and learn about the word corn in the Spellzone English spelling course, Unit 14. Spelling choices for /or/ sound: or, ore, au, aw + war.

    Other Spellzone word lists: Food, grains
    Food, vegetables

    Scrabble score for corn

    c is 3 o is 1 r is 1 n is 1
    Scrabble score = 6

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