cornfield

[ kawrn-feeld ]

noun
  1. a field in which corn is grown.

Origin of cornfield

1
First recorded in 1275–1325, cornfield is from the Middle English word cornfield.See corn1, field

Words Nearby cornfield

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How to use cornfield in a sentence

  • The cornfield districts downstate will go strongly Republican.

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  • "Farmer Green sometimes places scarecrows in the cornfield," Jimmy Rabbit remarked.

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  • A white horse, drawing a buggy, was trotting along the road by the side of the cornfield.

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  • Then—quick as a wink—there was another loud noise, just like that day when Jim Crow fell in the cornfield.

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  • Its keel was laid in a cornfield; its bolts and bars were hammered out in a blacksmith shop.

  • We do not hesitate to put a cornfield where "Nature" had a forest, or to replace a barren hillside by the sea with a city.

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British Dictionary definitions for cornfield

cornfield

/ (ˈkɔːnˌfiːld) /


noun
  1. a field planted with cereal crops

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