[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/corn/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [C](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/c/) / corn # corn noun (corn; uncountable; a corncob, ears of corn) «corn» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition and Early Modern English — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. In the USA, Canada and Australia, corn is a tall plant with yellow seeds on a cob, also called maize or sweetcorn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/corn/#m1) 2. In the UK and Ireland, corn can mean any grain crop such as wheat, barley or oats. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/corn/#m2) 3. A corn is a small hard painful patch of skin on the foot. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/corn/#m3) ### In the lessons In science and geography lessons, corn is a crop farmers grow, used for food, animal feed and popcorn. In everyday life: corn on the cob, cornflakes, popcorn, cornflour. In history, corn was a key food of Native American peoples. Phrases: «corn on the cob», «field of corn», «sweetcorn», «popcorn». ### Examples - We ate corn on the cob with butter at the barbecue. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/corn/#x1) - The farmer grows corn and beans. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/corn/#x2) - Popcorn is made from a special kind of corn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/corn/#x3) - In the story, the children hid in the tall corn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/corn/#x4) - Corn grows in rows in big fields. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/corn/#x5) - Cornflakes are made from corn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/corn/#x6) - Her new shoes gave her a corn on her toe. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/corn/#x7) - "Who sowed this sort of corn?" [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/corn/#x8) ### Note Usually uncountable: «some corn», not «a corn» (except the foot sense). The meaning depends on the country: in Britain «corn» can mean wheat; «sweetcorn» or «maize» is the yellow one. In maths, it appears in counting and sharing problems (cobs, rows, kilograms of corn). ## In Jewish tradition In the Torah and in British English, it means grain in general, such as wheat or barley, not maize. **Interpretation.** Grain was the basic food of life, and Egypt's stored grain saved Joseph's family. The law protects the working ox, which may eat as it treads the grain. ### Examples - And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn from Egypt. (Torah GEN.42.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/corn/#x1) - And they laded their asses with their corn, and departed thence. (Torah GEN.42.26, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/corn/#x2) - Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn. (Torah DEU.25.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/corn/#x3) - Corn shall make the young men flourish, and new wine the maids. (Prophets ZEC.9.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/corn/#x4) - And I likewise, my brethren and my servants, have lent them money and corn. (Writings NEH.5.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/corn/#x5) - Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than when their corn and their wine increase. (Writings PSA.4.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/corn/#x6) ### Note Usually uncountable: «some corn», not «a corn» (except the foot sense). The meaning depends on the country: in Britain «corn» can mean wheat; «sweetcorn» or «maize» is the yellow one. In maths, it appears in counting and sharing problems (cobs, rows, kilograms of corn). ## Early Modern English ### Meaning The seeds of grain plants, used as food for people and animals. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/C/corn/#m1) ### Then and now In the USA corn means maize. In these sentences it means grain in general, such as wheat, and the sentences use that old sense. ### Examples - And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn from Egypt. (Torah GEN.42.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/C/corn/#x1) - "Who sowed this sort of corn?" (Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/C/corn/#x2) - And they laded their asses with their corn, and departed thence. (Torah GEN.42.26, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/C/corn/#x3) ### Note Today: grain, wheat. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «corn» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/corn/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«corn» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/corn.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «corn» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/corn/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«corn» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/corn.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «corn» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/C/corn/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«corn» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/emode/w/corn.html) on Mova free.