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US /ˈkɔɹnˌfild/ UK /ˈkɔːnfiːld/
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1 noun · a field in which corn or... corn fieldmaize fieldgrain field
Word family
Forms cornfields
Related forms cornmaizecerealcropfield

Etymology

A compound of corn and field. Corn historically meant the principal cereal crop of a region, so a British cornfield might contain wheat or barley; in North American English corn narrowed chiefly to maize.

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