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breadcorn

breadcorn noun: corn or grain from which bread is made.

Noun

breadcorn (uncountable)

  1. Corn or grain from which bread is made.
    • That which I drive at now is this; That Breadcorn, that brings so considerable increase by Tillage and Husbandry, would scarce be at all without it; for that which grows wildly of it self is worth nothing: but it being so wholesom and strengthning a food, that it should yield so plentiful increase...1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 60

Origin of breadcorn

From Middle English bred corn, brede corne; equivalent to bread + corn.

Questions about breadcorn

What does breadcorn mean?
Breadcorn means corn or grain from which bread is made.
What part of speech is breadcorn?
Breadcorn is a noun.

Words near breadcorn in the dictionary

  1. breadboards
  2. breadbox
  3. breadboxes
  4. breadcake
  5. breadcakes
  6. breadcorn
  7. breadcraft
  8. breadcrumb
  9. breadcrumb sponge
  10. breadcrumb sponges
  11. breadcrumb up

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