Word.ws English Dictionary

cornsilk

cornsilk noun: a very light yellow colour, like that of corn silk. Also the alternative form of corn silk.

Noun

cornsilk (plural cornsilks)

  1. A very light yellow colour, like that of corn silk.

Adjective

cornsilk (not comparable)

  1. Of a very light yellow colour, like that of corn silk.

Also used as

cornsilk is also the alternative form of corn silk.

Forms of cornsilk

pluralcornsilks

Origin of cornsilk

From corn (“maize”) + silk.

Words that rhyme with cornsilk

12 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about cornsilk

What does cornsilk mean?
Cornsilk means a very light yellow colour, like that of corn silk.
What part of speech is cornsilk?
Cornsilk can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of cornsilk?
The plural of cornsilk is cornsilks.

Words near cornsilk in the dictionary

  1. cornshucker
  2. cornshuckers
  3. cornshucking
  4. cornshuckings
  5. cornshucks
  6. cornsilk
  7. cornsilks
  8. cornsilog
  9. cornstalk
  10. cornstalks
  11. cornstar

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: cornsilk (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “cornsilk.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/cornsilk. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.