definition of the word corn

• (RP) IPA: /kɔːn/
• (US) IPA: /kɔɹn/
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  Rhymes: -ɔː(r)n

Old English corn <- Proto-Germanic *korno- <- Proto-Germanic *kurnom <- Proto-Indo-European *grnóm (“‘grain; worn-down’”), neuter participle of Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“‘to wear down’”). Cognate with Dutch koren, German Korn, Swedish korn; see also Russian зерно. Compare grain.

corn (plural corns)

1. (archaic) A grain or seed.
2. (uncountable) The grain obtained from a plant, especially of cereal crops.^[1][2]
3. (uncountable) A cereal plant grown for its grain (locally denoting the leading crop of that district, e.g. oats in parts of Scotland and Ireland, wheat, barley etc. in England and Wales, maize in the Americas).^[3][4]
4. (US, uncountable) Maize.
5. (US, Canada) Sweetcorn^[5][6] (Zea mays var. rugosa).^[7]

• cornflour
• cornmeal
• cornstarch
• peppercorn
• sweetcorn

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