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Collocations for corn - noun

1. (BrE) cereal crop (wheat, etc.)

ADJECTIVE

ripe
green
The corn is still green.
young

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… OF CORN

ear, sheaf
bag, sack
field

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VERB + corn

grow
sow
cut, harvest
thresh
grind

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corn + VERB

grow

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corn + NOUN

field
harvest
mill

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2. (AmE) plant producing yellow grains

ADJECTIVE

field, Indian, sweet (BrE, AmE) (usually sweetcorn in BrE)
biotech, genetically modified (abbreviated to GM), transgenic
non-GM, organic
seed
canned
fresh, frozen
white, yellow
creamed, popped, roasted
caramel, kettle

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… OF CORN

ear
bushel
field

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VERB + corn

plant
grow, produce, raise
harvest
grind
eat

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corn + VERB

grow

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corn + NOUN

field
crop, harvest, yield
cob (usually corncob), husk, kernel, plant, seed, stalk
flour (usually cornflour), meal (usually cornmeal), oil (BrE, AmE), starch (usually cornstarch), syrup (BrE, AmE)
bread, chips, dog, pone, tortilla
grower

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PHRASES

corn on the cob (= corn cooked with all the grains still attached)

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3. area of hard skin on the foot

VERB + corn

have, suffer from
treat

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