Main Entry: ¹corn

Pronunciation: \ˈkȯrn\

Function: noun

Usage: often attributive

Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German & Old Norse korn grain, Latin granum

Date: before 12th century

1 chiefly dialect : a small hard particle : grain
2 : a small hard seed
3 a : the seeds of a cereal grass and especially of the important cereal crop of a particular region (as wheat in Britain, oats in Scotland and Ireland, and Indian corn in the New World and Australia) b : the kernels of sweet corn served as a vegetable while still soft and milky
4 : a plant that produces corn; especially : Indian corn 1
5 : corn whiskey
6 a : something (as writing, music, or acting) that is corny b : the quality or state of being corny : corniness
7 : corn snow