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corn   (TTS Sound)

The noun corn has 7 senses

• corn, maize, Indian corn, Zea mays -- (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)


• corn -- (the dried grains or kernels or corn used as animal feed or ground for meal)


• corn, edible corn -- (ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human food)


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


• corn -- ((Great Britain) any of various cereal plants (especially the dominant crop of the region--wheat in Great Britain or oats in Scotland and Ireland))


• corn whiskey, corn whisky, corn -- (whiskey distilled from a mash of not less than 80 percent corn)


• corn -- (something sentimental or trite; "that movie was pure corn")

The verb corn has 2 senses

• corn -- (feed (cattle) with corn)


• corn -- (preserve with salt; "corned beef")