See Also: CORN(law)
Corn(health)
corn(2)(dictionary)
corn-cob(dictionary)
corn-row(dictionary)
off-corn(dictionary)
corn(dictionary)
corn on the cob(dictionary)
corn(encyclopedia)
sea corn(medicine)

corn (oh)



[Sense: 1-2; Origin: Old English]
[Sense: 3; Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: corne 'horn, corner'; CORNER1]
[U] BrE 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)

[U] a) AmE 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
British Equivalent: maize
::All our chickens are fed on corn.
-see also corn on the cob
b) the seeds of this plant
-see also sweetcorn
[C] a painful area of thick hard skin on your foot