Definition of Corn-fed

1. Adjective. Fed on corn. "Corn-fed livestock"

Similar to: Nourished

2. Adjective. Strong and healthy but not sophisticated.
Similar to: Provincial

Definition of Corn-fed

1. Adjective. (alternative spelling of cornfed) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Corn-fed

cormophyta
cormophyte
cormophytes
cormorant
cormorants
cormose
cormous
cormous plant
corms
cormus
cormuses
corn
corn-cob
corn-cobs
corn-factor
corn-fed (current term)
corn beef
corn borer
corn borer moth
corn bunting
corn buntings
corn cake
corn campion
corn chamomile
corn chip
corn chowder
corn cockle
corn crib
corn cribs
corn dab

Literary usage of Corn-fed

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1896)
"In two other trials, pigs following corn-fed steers required less than half the additional feed it took for pigs fed in pens by themselves. ..."

2. Annual Report by Ohio State Board of Agriculture (1904)
"The fat is whiter ; it does not have that intense yellow ; it is beautiful meat, and it is made, I think, somewhat cheaper. I do not feed full corn fed ..."

3. The Newer Knowledge of Nutrition: The Use of Food for the Preservation of by Elmer Verner McCollum (1922)
"The corn-fed group was sleek and fine, and evidently in an excellent state of ... The corn-fed animals were at all times in a better state of nutrition than ..."

4. Early Indiana Trials and Sketches: Reminiscences by Oliver Hampton Smith (1858)
"I bought the finest qualities of stall-fed beef, and corn-fed hogs, for family use, at a cent and a half per pound ; corn ten cents, wheat twenty-five cents ..."

5. The Cultivator by New York State Agricultural Society (1857)
"... then it is easy to see that making pork on Indian corn, fed whole and uncooked, is an' expensive and losing business, since four-fifths of a pound would ..."

6. The Farmer's Calendar: Containing the Business Necessary to be Performed on by Arthur Young (1809)
"CAKE AND corn-fed BEASTS. Our young farmer, if he has any cake or corn-fed beasts, not fat enough to go off the end of April, or the beginning of May, ..."

Other Resources:

Search for Corn-fed on Dictionary.com!Search for Corn-fed on Thesaurus.com!Search for Corn-fed on Google!Search for Corn-fed on Wikipedia!

Search