corn

mais, granturco

Cereale dai chicchi grandi, solitamente gialli, mangiati cotti o macinati per ottenere farina.

In inglese semplice: A food grain with large, usually yellow seeds, often eaten cooked or ground into flour.

• We ate corn with dinner.
• She added corn to the soup.
• Would you like butter on your corn?

Sinonimi: maize

Espressioni comuni: sweet corn, corn on something, corn flour

mais, granturco

Pianta alta che produce grandi chicchi gialli usati come alimento.

In inglese semplice: A tall plant that produces large yellow seeds used as food.

• We planted corn this spring.
• The corn grew taller than the fence.
• Farmers harvest corn in the autumn.

Sinonimi: maize

Espressioni comuni: grow corn, corn field, plant corn

callo

Piccola zona di pelle spessa e dura, spesso dolorosa, solitamente su un dito del piede o sul piede.

In inglese semplice: A small, hard, often painful area of thick skin, usually on a toe or foot.

• This corn hurts when I walk.
• Tight shoes can cause corns.
• She had a corn removed from her toe.

Come si usa: a corn on something (I have a corn on my little toe.)

Sinonimi: clavus

Espressioni comuni: painful corn, corn plaster, corn on something

cereale, grano

Grani coltivati come alimento, come frumento, orzo o avena.

In inglese semplice: Grain grown for food, such as wheat, barley, or oats.

• The farmer sold his corn.
• The mill turns corn into flour.
• Rain damaged the corn harvest.

Sinonimi: grain, cereal

Espressioni comuni: corn harvest, corn merchant, corn mill

granulare

Trasformare una sostanza in piccoli granelli.

In inglese semplice: To make a substance into small grains.

• The workers corn the powder.
• The mixture was corned before drying.
• They corned the gunpowder into evenly sized grains.

Come si usa: corn something (Workers corned the damp gunpowder.)

Sinonimi: granulate

Espressioni comuni: corn gunpowder, corn the mixture

nutrire con cereali

Dare cereali da mangiare a un animale.

In inglese semplice: To give an animal grain to eat.

• They corn the horses every morning.
• The farmer corned his cattle before sunrise.
• Who will corn the animals tonight?

Sinonimi: feed

Espressioni comuni: corn the horses, corn the cattle