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 greatest variation appeared when bees flew above the cornfield, where the scenery offered fewer distinct visual cues.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 14, 2026
In Dyersville: For the movie “Field of Dreams,” starring Kevin Costner and James Earl Jones, a cornfield is turned into a ballfield for a story about baseball players in the afterlife.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 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
Las Vegas — I turn a bend and see a figure in a cornfield.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2025
John stumbled and shook as if he’d been dead center in that cornfield when the herd charged through the fence.
From "Worth" by A. LaFaye
We drove through the Indiana cornfields where he had worked and lived his entire life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2025
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
A thin Stand Of oak trees obscures the cornfields that stretch out to the horizon.
From "Paper Towns" by John Green
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