corn S3 /kɔːn $ kɔːrn/
noun[
Sense 1-2: Language: Old English]
[
Sense 3: Date: 1300-1400;
Language: Old French;
Origin: corne 'horn, corner'; ⇒ corner1]
1. [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
Synonym : 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
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