1. 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 farmer planted several varieties of corn in rotating fields";
   - maize, Indian corn, Zea mays
    
2. Ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human food
   "They grilled edible corn on the cob for the barbecue";
   - edible corn
    
3. The dried grains or kernels or corn used as animal feed or ground for meal
   "The farmer stored corn in large silos to feed livestock throughout the winter"
    
4. Any of various cereal plants (especially the dominant crop of the region — wheat in Great Britain or oats in Scotland and Ireland)
   "In Scotland, 'corn' typically refers to oats rather than maize"
    
5. [Brit] Grains of common wheat; sometimes cooked whole or cracked as cereal; usually ground into flour
   "They used cracked corn to make a hearty porridge";
   - wheat, wheat berry
    
6. [Brit] Annual or biennial grass having erect flower spikes and light brown grains
   "The combine harvester efficiently gathered the corn from the vast fields";
   - wheat
    
7. Whiskey distilled from a mash of not less than 80 percent corn
   "Corn whiskey has a distinctive sweetness compared to other types of whiskey"; "corn whisky has a distinctive sweetness compared to other types of whiskey";
   - corn whiskey, corn whisky
    
8. A hard thickening of the skin, especially on the top or sides of the toes, caused by ill-fitting shoes
   "She developed a painful corn on her little toe";
   - clavus
    
9. Something sentimental or trite
   "that movie was pure corn"

1. Feed (cattle) with corn
   "The farmer corned his cattle before winter"
    
2. (cooking) preserve with large-grained rock salt
   "corned beef"

Derived forms: corned, corning, corns

Type of: callosity, callus, cereal, cereal grass, drippiness, feed, food grain, give, grain, keep, kernel, mawkishness, mushiness, preserve, sentimentality, sloppiness, soupiness, usquebaugh [UK, Ireland, dialect], whiskey [N. Amer, Ireland], whisky

Part of: common wheat, genus Triticum, genus Zea, Triticum, Triticum aestivum, Zea

Encyclopedia: Corn, OK