corn Definition

corn¹
noun

1. In the UK: the most important cereal crop of a particular region, especially wheat in England, and oats in Scotland and Ireland.
2. In N America, Australia and New Zealand: maize.
3. The harvested seed of cereal plants; grain.
4. slang
Something, eg a song, film, etc, trite and sentimental.

verb

corned, corning
1. To preserve with salt or brine.

Derivative: corned
adj

Preserved in salt or brine.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon.

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corn²
noun

1. A small painful area of hard thickened skin, usually on or between the toes, which is caused by pressure or friction.

Idiom: tread on someone's corns

colloq
To hurt their feelings.

Etymology: 15c: French, from Latin cornu horn.