corn
/ˈkoɹn/ noun A1- Any cereal plant (or its grain) that is the main crop or staple of a country or region.
- A single seed of a food crop, especially a cereal grass crop. · He paid her the nominal fee of two corns of barley.
- A small, hard particle.
- A type of granular snow formed by repeated melting and refreezing, often in mountain spring conditions.
- Bullets, ammunition, and charge and discharge of firearms.
- Money.
Plural corns
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This effort was framed and hung in the drug store window by the side of the ear of corn with an uneven number of rows.
There was a great cornfield beyond the fence, and not far away she saw a Scarecrow, placed high on a pole to keep the birds from the ripe corn.
On the feet were some old boots with blue tops, such as every man wore in this country, and the figure was raised above the stalks of corn by means of the pole stuck up its back.
Any crow of sense could see that you are only stuffed with straw.’ Then he hopped down at my feet and ate all the corn he wanted.
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