cornfield

See also: Cornfield

English

Etymology

From corn +‎ field.

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cornfield (plural cornfields)

  2. A field of corn (maize).
    Hypernyms: cornfield < field
    Coordinate term: wheatfield
    • 1900 May 17, L[yman] Frank Baum, chapter 23, in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y.: Geo[rge] M[elvin] Hill Co., →OCLC:
      "Your Silver Shoes will carry you over the desert," replied Glinda. "If you had known their power you could have gone back to your Aunt Em the very first day you came to this country."
      "But then I should not have had my wonderful brains!" cried the Scarecrow. "I might have passed my whole life in the farmer's cornfield."
    2. (by extension) A field of corn: maize, wheat, or other cereal crop.
      Hypernym: field
      Hyponym: wheatfield

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