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'corn' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'corn' with 13 example sentences.


corn noun

: 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

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

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

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

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

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

: something sentimental or trite

corn verb

: feed (cattle) with corn

: preserve with large-grained rock salt


  • I'm allergic to corn.
  • This year I think I'll grow corn instead of potatoes.
  • Corn starch is good for thickening soup.
  • Through genetic engineering, corn can produce its own pesticides.
  • Father and his companion will sow corn on the next hill.
  • They lived on corn, potatoes, and the meat of animals.
  • Bourbon is made from corn.
  • I have a corn on my right foot.
  • Alex names objects, like "walnut," "paper" and "corn".
  • The whole family was out harvesting the corn.
  • Even a blind chicken can find a grain of corn.
  • After a while, corn flakes in milk will become soggy.
  • Crows all but destroyed the farmer's field of corn.
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