noun Download 🔗Share The main cereal plant grown for its grain in a given region, such as oats in parts of Scotland and Ireland, and wheat or barley in England and Wales. Examples : ""In many parts of Ireland, the farmer grew mostly corns such as oats to feed his animals." " agriculture food plant Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Maize, a grain crop of the species Zea mays. Examples : "The farmer harvested his fields of corns in the fall. " agriculture food plant Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A grain or seed, especially of a cereal crop. Examples : "He paid her the nominal fee of two corns of barley." food agriculture seed plant Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A small, hard particle. Examples : "The road was covered in corns of gravel, making it difficult to ride my bike. " body medicine Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To granulate; to form a substance into grains Examples : "to corn gunpowder" process substance material Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To preserve using coarse salt, e.g. corned beef Examples : "My grandmother used to corn beef every fall to have it last through the winter. " food process Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To provide with corn (typically maize; or, in Scotland, oats) for feed Examples : "Corn the horses." food agriculture animal Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To render intoxicated Examples : "ale strong enough to corn one" drink food Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A type of callus, usually on the feet or hands. Examples : "After hiking all day in uncomfortable boots, she developed painful corns on her toes. " medicine body disease Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading