corn
IPA: kˈɔrn
noun
- (Commonwealth English, but not Canada, Australia, or New Zealand, uncountable) Any cereal plant (or its grain) that is the main crop or staple of a country or region.
- (US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, uncountable) Maize, a grain crop of the species Zea mays.
- A grain or seed, especially of a cereal crop.
- A small, hard particle.
- (uncountable) A type of granular snow formed by repeated melting and refreezing, often in mountain spring conditions.
- (Jamaica, MLE, slang, firearms, uncountable) bullets, ammunition, charge and discharge of firearms
- (Jamaica, slang, uncountable) money.
- A type of callus, usually on the feet or hands.
- (veterinary medicine) An inflammatory disease of a horse's hoof, at the caudal part of the sole.
- (veterinary medicine) Skin hyperplasia with underlying fibroma between both digits of cattle.
- (US, Canada) Something (e.g. acting, humour, music, or writing) which is deemed old-fashioned or intended to induce emotion.
- A surname.
- A town in Oklahoma
verb
- (US, Canada) To granulate; to form (a substance) into grains.
- (US, Canada) To preserve using coarse salt, e.g. corned beef.
- (US, Canada) To provide (an animal) with corn (typically maize; or, in Scotland, oats) for feed.
- (transitive, obsolete) To render intoxicated.
- (Jamaica, MLE, slang) To shoot up with bullets as by a shotgun (corn).
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