cornfield

[ kawrn-feeld ]

noun

1. a field in which corn is grown.

cornfield

/ ˈkɔːnˌfiːld /

noun

1. a field planted with cereal crops

Word History and Origins

Origin of cornfield¹

First recorded in 1275–1325, cornfield is from the Middle English word cornfield. See corn ¹, field

Example Sentences

Born in rural Puebla, they had been laboring since they were 6, tending to goats and cows and then toiling in cornfields.

From Los Angeles Times

The real magic, however, is the giddiness sparkling around Terence Mann who starts as a lost soul and ends the film believing in magic again, simply by touching the edge of a cornfield.

From Salon

One boy lamented that the family cornfields were so far away: “We miss going with our fathers to the milpas.”

From Los Angeles Times

And here, as we all know, our cornfields cost a little bit more.”

From Los Angeles Times

It used to be that you could put a black light at the edge of a cornfield at night and expect a bountiful harvest of moths the next morning.

From New York Times