| NOUN | plant | corn, maize, Indian corn, Zea mays | tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears |
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| plant | corn | the dried grains or kernels or corn used as animal feed or ground for meal | |
| food | corn, edible corn | ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human food | |
| state | 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 | |
| plant | 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) | |
| food | corn, corn whiskey, corn whisky | whiskey distilled from a mash of not less than 80 percent corn | |
| attribute | corn | something sentimental or trite | |
| VERB | consumption | corn | feed (cattle) with corn |
| change | corn | preserve with salt |
| Sounds | kao'rn | |
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| Rhymes | acorn ... worn: 45 rhymes with aorn... | |
| Meaning | The dried grains or kernels or corn used as animal feed or ground for meal. | |
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| Broader | kernel | A single whole grain of a cereal |
| Substances | corn oil | oil from the germs of corn grains |
| Verbs | corn | feed (cattle) with corn |
| Meaning | ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human food. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | edible corn | |
| Part of | corn, maize, Indian corn, Zea mays | tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears |
| Parts | sweet corn, sugar corn, green corn, sweet corn plant, Zea mays rugosa, Zea saccharata | A corn plant developed in order to have young ears that are sweet and suitable for eating |
| Narrower | hominy | hulled corn with the bran and germ removed |
| popcorn | small kernels of corn exploded by heat | |
| sweet corn, green corn | Corn that can be eaten as a vegetable while still young / young and soft | |
| Broader | grain, food grain, cereal | foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses |
| Spanish | maíz | |
| Catalan | blat de moro, blat | |
| Meaning | A hard thickening of the skin (especially on the top or sides of the toes) caused by the pressure of ill-fitting shoes. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | clavus | |
| Broader | callosity, callus | An area of skin that is thick or hard from continual pressure or friction (as the sole of the foot) |
| Spanish | clavus | |
| Catalan | clavus | |
| Meaning | (Great Britain) any of various cereal plants (especially the dominant crop of the region--wheat in Great Britain or oats in Scotland and Ireland). | |
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| Broader | cereal, cereal grass | grass whose starchy grains are used as food |
| Meaning | whiskey distilled from a mash of not less than 80 percent corn. | |
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| Synonyms | corn whiskey, corn whisky | |
| Narrower | moonshine, bootleg, corn liquor | whiskey illegally distilled from a corn mash |
| Broader | whiskey, whisky | A liquor made from fermented mash of grain |
| Spanish | maíz, whiskey de maíz, whisky de maíz | |
| Meaning | Something sentimental or trite. | |
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| Example | "that movie was pure corn" | |
| Broader | mawkishness, sentimentality, drippiness, mushiness, soupiness, sloppiness | falsely emotional in a maudlin way |
| Spanish | melodramático | |
| Adjectives | corny | dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality |
| Meaning | feed (cattle) with corn. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Broader | feed, give | Give food to |
| Nouns | corn | tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears |
| corn | the dried grains or kernels or corn used as animal feed or ground for meal | |
| Meaning | preserve with salt. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "corned beef" | |
| Category | cooking, cookery, preparation | The act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat |
| Broader | preserve, keep | prevent (food) from rotting |
| Spanish | poner en salmuera, salar | |
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