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corn

noun as in bulb

noun as in cereal

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noun as in feed

noun as in fodder

noun as in whiskey

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Example Sentences

Despite plentiful rice, corn and wheat, China remains dependent on imported soybeans and is facing a pork shortage.

From Ozy

But, now, with August wrapping up, my mind swirls again to thoughts about how an ear of corn in my home could also help me savor summer for just a while longer.

From Eater

Do not underestimate this seat in the shape of a corn-on-the-cob by Third Drawer Down, an Australian home goods company.

From Eater

The corn is then washed and peeled, and left to dry for 12 hours before it’s ground with stones made from volcanic rock.

From Eater

You’ve got surplus corn and you’ve got a demand for easy, convenient sweetener in the food sector.

For the uninitiated, the film is set on a future Earth whose crops (save corn) have been wiped out by a mysterious blight.

I certainly found it very helpful when I realized we were going to have to grow our own corn.

That must have been some corn for her to remember it 50 years later!

Hilbert was a flashy man who helicoptered five miles daily over corn fields to and from the office.

He is perfectly capable of introducing a bill requiring all cars to run on corn stalks instead of gasoline.

The man with the automobile, the corn-cure, and the baby grew to be legendary in the villages of Provence.

I should judge that a peck of corn is about the average product of a day's work through all this region.

The Vine appears at intervals, but is not general through this region: Indian Corn is also rare, and appears in small patches.

Then, kindly and gently, the boy took Squinty over to the place where the corn crib was built on to the barn.

If he has made up his mind that I'm stealing corn nothing I could say would change his opinion.

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On this page you'll find 286 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to corn, such as: platitude, adage, boiler, buzzword, chestnut, and hokum.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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