cornfield

noun

corn·​field ˈkȯrn-ˌfēld How to pronounce cornfield (audio)
: a field in which corn is grown

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Over the years, the Missouri River shifted its course, leaving the Arabia and its valuable cargo buried 45 feet beneath a Kansas cornfield. Tammy Ljungblad, Kansas City Star, 22 Apr. 2025 Migratory sandhill cranes spend winters in warm places like Mexico and Texas and then make their way as far north as Alaska, stopping off along the way to bulk up at grain and cornfields. Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2025 Along the way, hundreds died; government forces, meanwhile, destroyed our cornfields and peach orchards and slaughtered our livestock. Alastair Lee Bitsóí, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Feb. 2025 This community of dirt roads and subsistence cornfields was connected to the electricity grid when Mr. García was barely a teenager, around 2014. Whitney Eulich, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cornfield

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First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of cornfield was in the 14th century

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“Cornfield.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cornfield. Accessed 1 May. 2025.

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cornfield

noun
corn·​field ˈkȯ(ə)rn-ˌfēld How to pronounce cornfield (audio)
: a field in which corn is grown

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