corn
UKkɔːn
USkɔ:n
معنی فارسی
غله - دانه - ذرت - نمک سود کردن - درآب نمک
خواباندن
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
From Middle English corn, from Old English corn, from Proto-Germanic *kurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm (“grain; worn-down tooth”).
مثال
- Corn is a staple crop in many countries.
- The cornfield stretched as far as the eye could see.
- She cooked a delicious corn soup for dinner.
ترکیبهای رایج
Tall corn Yellow corn Fresh corn
تعریف انگلیسی
verb
- 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
- the dried grains or kernels or corn used as animal feed or ground for meal “Substance Meronyms: corn oil”
- ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human food
- a hard thickening of the skin (especially on the top or sides of the toes) caused by the pressure of ill-fitting shoes
- (Great Britain) any of various cereal plants (especially the dominant crop of the region--wheat in Great Britain or oats in Scotland and Ireland)
- whiskey distilled from a mash of not less than 80 percent corn
- something sentimental or trite “that movie was pure corn”
- feed (cattle) with corn “Verb Frames:” “Somebody ----s something”
- preserve with salt “corned beef” “Verb Frames:” “Somebody ----s something”
مترادفها
I. noun
1. Cereal grain.
2. Maize, Indian corn.
3. Horny excrescence.
II. verb active
1. Salt moderately, sprinkle with salt.
2. [U. S., Scotch, and provincial.] Intoxicate, fuddle, muddle, inebriate, make drunk, make tipsy.