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corn

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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

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Sense 2 verb

feed (cattle) with corn

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Sense 3 noun

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

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Sense 4 verb

preserve with salt

corned beef

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Sense 5 noun

ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human food

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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

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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)

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Sense 8 noun

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

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Sense 9 noun

something sentimental or trite

that movie was pure corn

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SenseRelationGroupWord
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