# corns

Pronunciation: US say "KORNZ" /kɔɹnz/; UK say "KAWNZ" /kɔːnz/

## Noun

1. Plural of corn. — plural of corn
   - Simple: Plural of corn. Use this form when you mean more than one corn.
   - _Years of dancing in narrow shoes had left her with hard corns along her toes._
   - _The podiatrist trimmed the corns and recommended wider footwear._

## Verb

2. Third-person singular simple present indicative of corn. — third-person singular simple present indicative of corn
   - Simple: Form of corn used with he, she, or it in the present. It means to keep meat fresh with salt.
   - _The butcher corns her briskets in a spiced brine for ten days._
   - _He always corns the beef himself rather than buying it ready-made._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/corns (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).