field corn

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noun

feed corn grown for stock.

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Origin of field corn

An Americanism dating back to 1855–60

Words nearby field corn

field capacity, field captain, field centre, field chickweed, field coil, field corn, field cornet, fieldcraft, field crop, field current, field day

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How to use field corn in a sentence

They grow corn for the commodity market, mostly yellow dent, a starchy type of field corn that accounts for about 95 percent of all corn grown in the United States.
Can Craft Spirits Save the Family Farm?|Wayne Curtis|September 23, 2021|The Daily Beast
Hominy is dried field corn that, when soaked or cooked in an alkaline solution, turns soft and pudgy.
This vegan pozole verde highlights the subtly sweet flavors of corn|Daniela Galarza|May 20, 2021|Washington Post
Dent and flint are both types of field corn, which is a far cry from the sweet corn you eat off the cob.
A guide to cornmeal, grits and polenta — and how to know when to use them|Aaron Hutcherson|March 5, 2021|Washington Post
The eating disorder field remains divided over the potential efficacy of such measures.
How Skinny Is Too Skinny? Israel Bans ‘Underweight’ Models|Carrie Arnold|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST

“He was a brave field commander and an expert in intelligence, and in organizing popular and tribal forces,” said the eulogist.
What an Iranian Funeral Tells Us About the Wars in Iraq|IranWire|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
If anything, officer training and in-field policing methodologies reinforce those beliefs.
What Would Happen if I Got in White Cop’s Face?|Goldie Taylor|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Then the commercial weight loss behemoths Weight Watchers and Jenny Craig joined this crowded field.
Why Your New Year’s Diet Will Fail|Carrie Arnold|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It was, we have to have a team, all the right balls, a big field, and everything has to look right and be right.
Tim Howard’s Wall of Intensity|William O’Connor|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He distinguished himself in several campaigns, especially in the Peninsular war, and was raised to the rank of field marshal.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
We had six field-pieces, but we only took four, harnessed wit twice the usual number of horses.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
There were two battalions, together about a thousand men; and they brought a field-piece with them.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
The reveillée of the sleeping Mexicans was the discharge of our two field-pieces loaded with canister.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
Then the enemy's howitzers and field guns had it all their own way, forcing attack to yield a lot of ground.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton

British Dictionary definitions for field corn

field corn

noun

US any variety of corn that is grown as a feed for livestock

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