corn
noun
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something sentimental or trite“that movie was pure corn”
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ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human foodedible corn
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whiskey distilled from a mash of not less than 80 percent corncorn whiskeycorn whisky
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tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varietiesmaize
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(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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the dried grains or kernels or corn used as animal feed or ground for meal
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a hard thickening of the skin (especially on the top or sides of the toes) caused by the pressure of ill-fitting shoesclavus
verb
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to preserve with salt“corned beef”salt
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to feed cattle with maize“I corned the herd of cows first thing in the morning.”