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Korn — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • cereal noun A grass grown and harvested for its edible grain, such as wheat, rice, or oats.
  • corn noun A tall cereal plant grown for its large yellow kernels, called maize outside North America.
  • grain noun The edible seeds of cereal crops such as wheat, corn, rice, or barley, or the crops that produce them.
  • grit noun Small, hard particles such as sand, dirt, or grime.

Senses

Korn is used for these senses in English:

  • Chiers A river in Europe that flows for about 130 km (81 mi) through Luxembourg, Belgium and France; it joins the Meuse near Sedan.
  • cereal (countable) A type of grass (such as wheat, rice or oats) cultivated for its edible grains.
  • cereal (uncountable) The grains of such a grass.
  • corn (Commonwealth, but not Australia or New Zealand, uncountable) Any cereal plant (or its grain) that is the main crop or staple of a country or region.
  • grain (uncountable) The harvested seeds of various grass food crops eg: wheat, corn, barley.
  • grain (countable) A single seed of grass food crops.
  • grain (countable) A single particle of a substance.
  • grit A measure of the size of abrasive grains, such as those on sandpaper, and thus their relative coarseness or fineness; the smaller the number, the coarser the abrasive: thus, 60 is rough, 600 is fine, and 3000 is ultrafine.

cereal — full definition

  1. noun A grass grown and harvested for its edible grain, such as wheat, rice, or oats.
  2. noun A breakfast food made from processed grain, usually eaten with milk.

corn — full definition

  1. noun A tall cereal plant grown for its large yellow kernels, called maize outside North America.
  2. noun In British English, the main cereal grain grown in a particular region (such as wheat).
  3. noun A small, hard patch of thickened skin, usually on the foot, caused by friction.
  4. noun Something considered old-fashioned, sentimental, or cheesy, especially in entertainment.
  5. verb To preserve meat in a coarse salt brine.

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