cornfield
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of cornfield
First recorded in 1275–1325, cornfield is from the Middle English word cornfield. See corn 1, field
Vocabulary lists containing cornfield
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The founders met in 2017 as teenagers racing drones in a cornfield in Indiana.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
The greatest variation appeared when bees flew above the cornfield, where the scenery offered fewer distinct visual cues.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 14, 2026
The Philadelphia Phillies and Minnesota Twins will meet in the 2026 Field of Dreams game as Major League Baseball returns to the Iowa cornfield for the first time since 2022.
From Barron's ● Nov. 19, 2025
And people like the tree-lined urban street better than the cornfield.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2025
The first cornfield was the beginning of settled life on earth.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
Elected officials and some others see a chance to create jobs and lure data centers and manufacturers to a rural patch whose economy has been flatter than the surrounding cornfields.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
Now the formally restless Susan Choi turns to social realism in her beguiling if baggy “Flashlight,“ mapping a family’s journey among political autocracy and personal pain, from Midwestern cornfields to the Pacific Rim.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2025
The tall, shiny buildings which rise out of the cornfields on the Myanmar side of the Moei river are a sight so jarring you find yourself blinking to be sure you haven't imagined it.
From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2025
“So they’ll build the practical cornfields and then they’ll stop at a certain point, but the visual will continue on as far as you can see.”
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 10, 2024
He would disappear into the cornfields for hours, because he claimed the corn was whispering to him.
From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby
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