corn
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
corn1
▶noun
- 1 Brit. the chief cereal crop of a district, especially (in England) wheat or (in Scotland) oats.
■ the grain of any cereal crop.
■ N. Amer. & Austral./NZ maize.
- 2 informal something banal or sentimental.
– origin OE, of Gmc origin.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
corn2
▶noun a small, painful area of thickened skin on the foot, especially on the toes, caused by pressure.
– origin ME: via Anglo-Norman Fr. from L. cornu ‘horn’.
'corn' also found in these Oxford entries:
acorn
- arête
- chowder
- chrysanthemum
- conacre
- cornbrash
- corn bunting
- corn circle
- corncockle
- corn dog
- corn dolly
- corn exchange
- corn-fed
- cornfield
- corn marigold
- cornmeal
- corn oil
- corn pone
- corn salad
- corn snake
- corn snow
- cornucopia
- crop
- curculio
- emolument
- farina
- farrago
- frit fly
- frumenty
- granary
- grist
- gristmill
- hamster
- hominy
- Indian corn
- kernel
- kibble
- maize
- marigold
- mow
- parch
- pone
- poppy
- rick
- scythe
- seedcorn
- shibboleth
- sickle
