corn
/kɔːrn/
noun
A tall plant with yellow seeds you can eat
“We ate corn on the cob for dinner.”
תירס
Corn is a noun in the food & drinks category. It is a beginner (ages 6-8) word, meaning "A tall plant with yellow seeds you can eat" In Hebrew, corn translates to תירס.
Example Sentences
- She buttered the hot corn on the cob and nibbled it row by row.
- He walked through the tall cornfield and the leaves rustled all around him.
- Sweet corn popped out of the boiling water and was ready to eat in just minutes.
Did You Know? An ear of corn always has an even number of rows — usually between 14 and 20! Every kernel on a corn cob has a corresponding silk thread at the top of the plant. Corn is grown on every continent except Antarctica, and it is used in more than 3,500 different products from food to biofuel to biodegradable plastics. The world grows about one billion metric tons of corn every year.
Common Word Combinations
corn on the cobsweet cornpopcorncorn field
Related Words
popcornwheatgrainvegetable
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