Synonyms for corn

Synonyms for (noun) corn

Synonyms: corn

Definition: something sentimental or trite

Usage: that movie was pure corn

Similar words: mawkishness, sloppiness, soupiness, sentimentality, drippiness, mushiness

Definition: falsely emotional in a maudlin way


Synonyms: edible corn, corn

Definition: ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human food

Similar words: grain, food grain, cereal

Definition: foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses


Synonyms: corn, corn whiskey, corn whisky

Definition: whiskey distilled from a mash of not less than 80 percent corn

Similar words: whiskey, whisky

Definition: a liquor made from fermented mash of grain


Synonyms: Indian corn, Zea mays, corn, maize

Definition: 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

Similar words: cereal, cereal grass

Definition: grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; millet


Synonyms: corn

Definition: (Great Britain) any of various cereal plants (especially the dominant crop of the region--wheat in Great Britain or oats in Scotland and Ireland)

Similar words: cereal, cereal grass

Definition: grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; millet


Synonyms: corn

Definition: the dried grains or kernels or corn used as animal feed or ground for meal

Similar words: kernel

Definition: a single whole grain of a cereal

Usage: a kernel of corn


Synonyms: clavus, corn

Definition: a hard thickening of the skin (especially on the top or sides of the toes) caused by the pressure of ill-fitting shoes

Similar words: callosity, callus

Definition: an area of skin that is thick or hard from continual pressure or friction (as the sole of the foot)


Synonyms for (verb) corn

Synonyms: corn

Definition: preserve with salt

Usage: corned beef

Similar words: keep, preserve

Definition: prevent (food) from rotting

Usage: preserved meats; keep potatoes fresh


Synonyms: corn

Definition: feed (cattle) with corn

Similar words: feed, give

Definition: give food to

Usage: Feed the starving children in India; don't give the child this tough meat


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