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Synonyms for corn
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Princeton's WordNet2.0 / 2 votes

  1. corn, maize, Indian corn, Zea maysnoun

    tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times

    Synonyms:
    edible corn, maize, corn whiskey, lemon, corn whisky, clavus, lemon yellow, gamboge

  2. cornnoun

    the dried grains or kernels or corn used as animal feed or ground for meal

    Synonyms:
    maize, edible corn, corn whiskey, clavus, corn whisky

  3. corn, edible cornnoun

    ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human food

    Synonyms:
    maize, edible corn, corn whiskey, clavus, corn whisky

  4. corn, clavusnoun

    a hard thickening of the skin (especially on the top or sides of the toes) caused by the pressure of ill-fitting shoes

    Synonyms:
    maize, edible corn, corn whiskey, clavus, corn whisky

  5. cornnoun

    (Great Britain) any of various cereal plants (especially the dominant crop of the region--wheat in Great Britain or oats in Scotland and Ireland)

    Synonyms:
    maize, edible corn, corn whiskey, clavus, corn whisky

  6. corn whiskey, corn whisky, cornnoun

    whiskey distilled from a mash of not less than 80 percent corn

    Synonyms:
    corn whiskey, edible corn, clavus, maize, corn whisky

  7. cornverb

    something sentimental or trite

    "that movie was pure corn"

    Synonyms:
    maize, edible corn, corn whiskey, clavus, corn whisky

  8. cornverb

    feed (cattle) with corn

  9. cornverb

    preserve with salt

    "corned beef"

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. cornnoun

    Synonyms:
    cereal grain

  2. cornnoun

    Synonyms:
    maize, indian corn

  3. cornnoun

    Synonyms:
    horny excrescence

  4. cornverb

    Synonyms:
    salt moderately, sprinkle with salt

  5. cornverb

    Synonyms:
    intoxicate, fuddle, muddle, inebriate, make drunk, make tipsy

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. cornnoun

    Synonyms:
    maize, indian corn, clavus

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "corn":

    maize, maïs, cornfield

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How to use corn in a sentence?

  1. Ludmila Camparotto:

    Late-planted corn in Paraná, crops planted around March, could have problems.

  2. Frank Rijkers:

    Wheat, corn and soybeans are still burdened by the forecasts of large global supplies made by the USDA monthly report on Tuesday, but markets have been moving in and out of positive territory today because of the impact of re-positioning after the USDA report and bargain-hunting following yesterday's price falls.

  3. De Santiago:

    I stopped sowing (corn) because the weather is changing, now I plant maguey because it needs less water.

  4. Brian Jennings:

    Ethanol producers, and the farmers supplying them corn, are suffering a proportional economic disaster.

  5. Lusha Zhang:

    I have stocks of corn that can last for four to five days. As long as it does not rain tomorrow, Changsha port can resume operation and I will get my corn offloaded.


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