field corn

noun

Any variety of corn (maize) grown primarily for fodder or use as grain; usually, one with lower sugar content than sweet corn and harvested either to be stored dry (on the cob or off, divorced of the stover) or ensiled along with the stover.

“Near-synonyms: dent corn, grain corn”

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dent corngrain corn
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Meanings

nounfield corn (usually uncountable, plural field corns)

plural field corns

  1. USuncountableusuallyAny variety of corn (maize) grown primarily for fodder or use as grain; usually, one with lower sugar content than sweet corn and harvested either to be stored dry (on the cob or off, divorced of the stover) or ensiled along with the stover.

    Near-synonyms: dent corn, grain corn

    Synonyms: dent corn, grain corn

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAny variety of corn (maize) grown primarily for fodder or use as grain; usually, one with lower sugar content than sweet corn and harvested either to be stored dry (on the cob or off, divorced of the stover) or ensiled along with the stover.

Similar
dent corngrain corn

Translations

Finnish rehumaissi
  • rehumaissivariety of corn
Polish kukurydza pastewna
  • kukurydza pastewnavariety of corn
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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “field corn,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/field%20corn.

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