corn
1. tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties;
the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times (Freq. 3)
• Syn:
maize, Indian corn, Zea mays
• Hypernyms:
cereal, cereal grass
• Hyponyms:
field corn, sweet corn, sugar corn, green corn, sweet corn plant,
Zea mays rugosa, Zea saccharata, popcorn, Zea mays everta
• Member Holonyms:
Zea, genus Zea
• Part Meronyms:
edible corn, corncob, corn cob, cornstalk, corn stalk,
ear, spike, capitulum
2. the dried grains or kernels or corn used as animal feed or ground for meal (Freq. 2)
• Hypernyms:
kernel
• Substance Meronyms:
corn oil
3. ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human food (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
edible corn
• Hypernyms:
grain, food grain, cereal
• Hyponyms:
sweet corn, green corn, hominy, popcorn
• Part Holonyms:
maize, Indian corn, Zea mays
• Part Meronyms:
sweet corn, sugar corn, green corn, sweet corn plant, Zea mays rugosa, Zea saccharata
4. a hard thickening of the skin (especially on the top or sides of the toes) caused by the pressure of ill-fitting shoes
• Syn:
clavus
• Hypernyms:
callosity, callus
5. (Great Britain) any of various cereal plants (especially the dominant crop of the region--wheat in Great Britain or oats in Scotland and Ireland)
• Hypernyms:
cereal, cereal grass
6. whiskey distilled from a mash of not less than 80 percent corn
• Syn:
corn whiskey, corn whisky
• Hypernyms:
whiskey, whisky
• Hyponyms:
moonshine, bootleg, corn liquor
7. something sentimental or trite
- that movie was pure corn
• Derivationally related forms:
corny
• Hypernyms:
mawkishness, sentimentality, drippiness, mushiness, soupiness, sloppiness
1. feed (cattle) with corn
• Hypernyms:
feed, give
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. preserve with salt
- corned beef
• Topics:
cooking, cookery, preparation
• Hypernyms:
preserve, keep
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
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