Corn vs. Popcorn

Cornnoun

The main cereal plant grown for its grain in a given region, such as oats in parts of Scotland and Ireland, and wheat or barley in England and Wales.

Cornnoun

Maize, a grain crop of the species Zea mays.

Cornnoun

A grain or seed, especially of a cereal crop.

Cornnoun

A small, hard particle.

Cornnoun

A type of callus, usually on the feet or hands.

Cornnoun

Something (e.g. acting, humour, music, or writing) which is deemed old-fashioned or intended to induce emotion.

Cornnoun

(uncountable) A type of granular snow formed by repeated melting and re-freezing, often in mountain spring conditions.

Cornverb

to granulate; to form a substance into grains

Cornverb

to preserve using coarse salt, e.g. corned beef

Cornverb

to provide with corn (typically maize; or, in Scotland, oats) for feed

Cornverb

(transitive) to render intoxicated

Cornnoun

A thickening of the epidermis at some point, esp. on the toes, by friction or pressure. It is usually painful and troublesome.

Cornnoun

A single seed of certain plants, as wheat, rye, barley, and maize; a grain.

Cornnoun

The various farinaceous grains of the cereal grasses used for food, as wheat, rye, barley, maize, oats.

Cornnoun

a tall cereal plant (Zea mays) bearing its seeds as large kernels in multiple rows on the surface of a hard cylindrical ear, the core of which (the cob) is not edible; - also called Indian corn and, in technical literature, maize. There are several kinds; as, yellow corn, which grows chiefly in the Northern States, and is yellow when ripe; white corn or southern corn, which grows to a great height, and has long white kernels; sweet corn, comprising a number of sweet and tender varieties, grown chiefly at the North, some of which have kernels that wrinkle when ripe and dry; pop corn, any small variety, used for popping. Corn seeds may be cooked while on the ear and eaten directly, or may be stripped from the ear and cooked subsequently. The term Indian corn is often used to refer to a primitive type of corn having kernels of varied color borne on the same cob; it is used for decoration, especially in the fall.

Cornnoun

The plants which produce corn, when growing in the field; the stalks and ears, or the stalks, ears, and seeds, after reaping and before thrashing.

Cornnoun

A small, hard particle; a grain.

Cornverb

To preserve and season with salt in grains; to sprinkle with salt; to cure by salting; now, specifically, to salt slightly in brine or otherwise; as, to corn beef; to corn a tongue.

Cornverb

To form into small grains; to granulate; as, to corn gunpowder.

Cornverb

To feed with corn or (in Sctland) oats; as, to corn horses.

Cornverb

To render intoxicated; as, ale strong enough to corn one.

Cornnoun

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

Cornnoun

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

Cornnoun

ears of corn grown for human food

Cornnoun

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

Cornnoun

annual or biennial grass having erect flower spikes and light brown grains

Cornnoun

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

Cornnoun

something sentimental or trite;

Cornverb

feed (cattle) with corn

Cornverb

preserve with salt;

Cornnoun

the chief cereal crop of a district, especially (in England) wheat or (in Scotland) oats

Cornnoun

the grain of a cereal crop.

Cornnoun

another term for maize

Cornnoun

something banal or sentimental

Cornnoun

a small, painful area of thickened skin on the foot, especially on the toes, caused by pressure.

Corn

a cone-shaped and often painful inwardly directed callus of dead skin that forms at a pressure point near a bone, or on a weight-bearing part of the body.

Popcornnoun

A snack food made from corn/maize kernels popped by dry heating.

Popcornnoun

A type of maize with a hard outer hull that, along with the type of starch it contains, makes it suitable for popping.

Popcornnoun

(knitting) A kind of stitch similar to a bobble.

Popcornverb

To stand up or jump up quickly.

Popcornnoun

See pop corn under pop, n..

Popcornnoun

corn having small ears and kernels that burst when exposed to dry heat

Popcornnoun

small kernels of corn exploded by heat

Popcorn

Popcorn (popped corn, popcorns or pop-corn) is a variety of corn kernel which expands and puffs up when heated; the same names are also used to refer to the foodstuff produced by the expansion. A popcorn kernel's strong hull contains the seed's hard, starchy shell endosperm with 14–20% moisture, which turns to steam as the kernel is heated.