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corn-pit

corn-pit noun: a deep hole or recess in the ground in which corn or maize are stored.

Noun

corn-pit (plural corn-pits)

  1. (South Africa) A deep hole or recess in the ground in which corn or maize are stored.
  2. The part of a produce exchange where the business in maize is carried out.

Forms of corn-pit

pluralcorn-pits

Origin of corn-pit

From corn + pit. First use appears c. 1883 in the publications of Joseph Edwards.

Questions about corn-pit

What does corn-pit mean?
Corn-pit means a deep hole or recess in the ground in which corn or maize are stored.
What part of speech is corn-pit?
Corn-pit is a noun.
What is the plural of corn-pit?
The plural of corn-pit is corn-pits.

Words near corn-pit in the dictionary

  1. corn-miller
  2. corn-millers
  3. corn-monger
  4. corn-mongers
  5. corn-on-the-cob
  6. corn-pit
  7. corn-pits
  8. corn-pone
  9. corn-pones
  10. Corn.
  11. Corna

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