corn

[ UK /kˈɔːn/ ]
[ US /ˈkɔɹn/ ]

NOUN

(Great Britain) any of various cereal plants (especially the dominant crop of the region--wheat in Great Britain or oats in Scotland and Ireland)
the dried grains or kernels or corn used as animal feed or ground for meal
something sentimental or trite
that movie was pure corn
a hard thickening of the skin (especially on the top or sides of the toes) caused by the pressure of ill-fitting shoes
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
whiskey distilled from a mash of not less than 80 percent corn
ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human food

VERB

preserve with salt
corned beef
feed (cattle) with corn

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Combine the corn with steamed green vegetables like asparagus and offer baked potatoes to ensure the children don't go hungry.
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Try feeling a little "schlubby" popping around the corner for a newspaper. Wine Shopping in San Francisco, Italian Style
Perhaps the years of abuse, ridicule and scorn make a fully grown redhead all the stronger for it. Times, Sunday Times
It was of average size with an unmade bed sitting in one corner, a night table, two dressers, a bureau, a desk, a small TV, and a lot of posters on the wall.
In the receding angle below the chin is the hyoid bone, and the finger can be carried along the bone to the tip of the greater cornu, which is on a level with the angle of the mandible: the greater cornu is most readily appreciated by making pressure on one side, when the cornu of the opposite side will be rendered prominent and can be felt distinctly beneath the skin. XII. Surface Anatomy and Surface Markings. 1. Surface Anatomy of the Head and Neck
(Not to be confused with what we call cookies)To serve Devon, or Cornwall clotted cream would desecrate a good southern biscuit (and be a waste of the cream really, I prefer it on saffron buns)a bit of plain cream, fresh butter, and cane syrup poured over a hot biscuit is ambrosia. Scones, Cream and Jam - a West Country cream tea
The strategy is to get water to be absorbed by the outer layer of skin, the stratum corneum and then to seal the water in the skin before it evaporates (which it will do rapidly).
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Making a flip book involves using the corner of a sketch pad to illustrate individual still frames of cartoon movement.

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