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

The cornfield districts downstate will go strongly Republican.

From The Daily Beast

"Farmer Green sometimes places scarecrows in the cornfield," Jimmy Rabbit remarked.

From Project Gutenberg

A white horse, drawing a buggy, was trotting along the road by the side of the cornfield.

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Then—quick as a wink—there was another loud noise, just like that day when Jim Crow fell in the cornfield.

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Its keel was laid in a cornfield; its bolts and bars were hammered out in a blacksmith shop.

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We do not hesitate to put a cornfield where "Nature" had a forest, or to replace a barren hillside by the sea with a city.

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