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sandcorn

sandcorn noun: a grain of sand.

Noun

sandcorn (plural sandcorns)

  1. A grain of sand.
    • […] overflowing all with golden splendour, gilding mountains, trees, and grass, making all flowers glow in brilliant colours, throwing bright sparks upon each sandcorn, and causing golden waves to roll in the river of the plain.1857, Oriental Fairy Tales, page 304
  2. (broadly, figuratively) Anything causing irritation or discomfort.
    • It was the tradition of image-making which carried in its stream, as it were, those indispensable sandcorns of tasks.2006, E.H. Gombrich, The Story of Art: Pocket Edition, page 460

Forms of sandcorn

pluralsandcorns

Origin of sandcorn

From Middle English *sandcorn, from Old English sandcorn, from Proto-West Germanic *sandakorn, from Proto-Germanic *samdakurną, equivalent to sand + corn. Cognate with Dutch zandkoren, German Sandkorn, Swedish sandkorn, Icelandic sandkorn.

Questions about sandcorn

What does sandcorn mean?
Sandcorn means a grain of sand.
What part of speech is sandcorn?
Sandcorn is a noun.
What is the plural of sandcorn?
The plural of sandcorn is sandcorns.

Words near sandcorn in the dictionary

  1. sandcastler
  2. sandcastlers
  3. sandcastles
  4. sandcastling
  5. sandcherry
  6. sandcorn
  7. sandcorns
  8. sandcrab
  9. sandcrack
  10. sandcracks
  11. sandcrete

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