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

1chiefly dialect : a small hard particle : grain2: a small hard seed3 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 milky4: a plant that produces corn ; especially : Indian corn 15: corn whiskey6 a: something (as writing, music, or acting) that is corny b: the quality or state of being corny : corniness7: corn snow