n.
Pronunciation: ' ko ̇ rn
Function: noun
Usage: often attrib
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German & Old Norse korn grain, Latin granum
Date: before 12th century
1 chiefly dialect : a small hard particle : GRAIN
2 : a small hard seed
3 a : the seeds of a cereal grass and especially of the important cereal crop of a particular region (as wheat in Britain, oats in Scotland and Ireland, and Indian corn in the New World and Australia) b : the kernels of sweet corn served as a vegetable while still soft and milky
4 : a plant that produces corn especially : INDIAN CORN 1
5 : CORN WHISKEY
6 a : something (as writing, music, or acting) that is corny b : the quality or state of being corny : CORNINESS
7 : CORN SNOW