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corning Definition


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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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