corn
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
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
Types & categories
- cereal hypernym
- field corn hyponym
- sweet corn hyponym
- popcorn hyponym
Parts & wholes
- Zea member holonym
- edible corn part meronym
- corncob part meronym
- cornstalk part meronym
- capitulum part meronym
Related & opposite
- corn derivation
Sense 2 verb
feed (cattle) with corn
Types & categories
- feed hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
the dried grains or kernels or corn used as animal feed or ground for meal
Types & categories
- kernel hypernym
Parts & wholes
- corn oil substance meronym
Related & opposite
- corn derivation
Sense 4 verb
preserve with salt
corned beef
Types & categories
- preserve hypernym
Related & opposite
- cooking domain topic
Sense 5 noun
ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human food
Types & categories
- food grain hypernym
- sweet corn hyponym
- hominy hyponym
- popcorn hyponym
Parts & wholes
- corn part holonym
- sweet corn part meronym
Sense 6 noun
a hard thickening of the skin (especially on the top or sides of the toes) caused by the pressure of ill-fitting shoes
Types & categories
- callosity hypernym
Sense 7 noun
(Great Britain) any of various cereal plants (especially the dominant crop of the region--wheat in Great Britain or oats in Scotland and Ireland)
Types & categories
- cereal hypernym
Sense 8 noun
whiskey distilled from a mash of not less than 80 percent corn
Types & categories
Sense 9 noun
something sentimental or trite
that movie was pure corn
Types & categories
- sentimentality hypernym
Related & opposite
- corny derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | corn |
| 1 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | Zea |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | edible corn |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | corncob |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | cornstalk |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | capitulum |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | cereal |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | field corn |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sweet corn |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | popcorn |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | corn |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | corn |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | feed |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | corn |
| 3 | substance meronym | Parts & wholes | corn oil |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | kernel |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | cooking |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | preserve |
| 5 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | corn |
| 5 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | sweet corn |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | food grain |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | sweet corn |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | hominy |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | popcorn |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | callosity |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | cereal |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | whiskey |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | bootleg |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | corny |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | sentimentality |