Definizione monolingua

corn

corn (third-person singular simple present corns, present participle corning, simple past and past participle corned)

1. (US, Canada) To granulate; to form a substance into grains.
2. (US, Canada) To preserve using coarse salt, e.g. corned beef
3. (US, Canada) To provide with corn (typically maize) for feed.

   Corn the horses.

corn (plural corns)

1. (US, uncountable) A type of grain of the species Zea mays, maize
   • 1809, Edward Augustus Kendall, Travels Through the Northern Parts of the United States^[1]:

     The planting or sowing of maize, exclusively called corn, was just accomplished on the Town Hill, when I reached it.

2. (UK, uncountable) A grain or seed, especially of cereal crops.
3. (UK, uncountable) Any cereal plant grown for its grain. This usually refers to the main such plant grown in the region, such as oats in parts of Scotland and Ireland, wheat or barley in England and Wales, and maize or sweetcorn in the Americas.
   • 1847, John Mason Neale, Stories from heathen mythology and Greek history, page 115:

     Among the divinities that dwelt on Mount Olympus, none was more friendly to the husbandman than Demeter, goddess of corn.

   • 1867, Karl Marx (Samuel Moore & Edward Aveling, translators), Das Kapital^[2]:

     However much the individual manufacturer might give the rein to his old lust for gain, the spokesmen and political leaders of the manufacturing class ordered a change of front and of speech towards the workpeople. They had entered upon the contest for the repeal of the Corn Laws, and needed the workers to help them to victory. They promised therefore, not only a double-sized loaf of bread, but the enactment of the Ten Hours Bill in the Free-trade millennium.

   • 1909, Johann David Wyss (Susannah Mary Paull, translator), The Swiss Family Robinson, page 462:

     I found that we had nearly a hundred bushels of corn, including wheat, maize, and barley, to add to our store.

Definizione dizionario corn

	granturco
	Un tipo di grano della specie Zea mays.
	A type of grain of the species Zea mays.

	mais
	Un tipo di grano della specie Zea mays.
	A type of grain of the species Zea mays.

granoturco

callo

cereale

conservare

durone

frumento

grano

grano tenero

grano turco

mirino

salare

zea mays

Altri significati:

corn (plant)

blister (on the sole of the foot)

maize (UK)