Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A structure for storing and drying ears of corn.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A structure the side walls of which are formed of slats, with spaces between them for the circulation of air, used to store unshelled Indian corn.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A crib for storing corn.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative form of
corn crib .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a crib for storing and drying ears of corn
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Examples
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The corncrib was a tiny affair where a man had to climb out one leg at a time, one morning just as Mr. Hume's father was climbing out with his feed, he was struck over the head with a large club, the next morning he broke the scoop off an iron shovel and fastened the iron handle to his body.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Indiana Narratives Work Projects Administration
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Family 3 calmly occupied what seemed to be the new center of power, a corncrib near the pond (one of several corncribs set out for shelter).
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Regardless of how cute they are, deer can be like rats in the corncrib if left unchecked.
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Regardless of how cute they are, deer can be like rats in the corncrib if left unchecked.
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Family 3 calmly occupied what seemed to be the new center of power, a corncrib near the pond (one of several corncribs set out for shelter).
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An abandoned corncrib made of cement with a rusting ladder running up one side.
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He probably went directly to his giant corncrib full of money* to take a swim and was not a bit perturbed by the still-wet bloodstains on most of the bills.
Think Progress » VIDEO: Cheney Loudly Booed During First Pitch 2006
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One of the chosen was ex-farmboy R. V. Burgin, who compared the assignment to “sending a bunch of hogs to watch over a well-loaded corncrib.”
Brotherhood of Heroes Bill Sloan 2005
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One of the chosen was ex-farmboy R. V. Burgin, who compared the assignment to “sending a bunch of hogs to watch over a well-loaded corncrib.”
Brotherhood of Heroes Bill Sloan 2005
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In places the upright thrusts of the mountains rose from the grassland floor as cleanly as the front of a corncrib meets a level floor: one could almost mark with a pencil where the plain stopped and the slope began.
Son of a Witch Maguire, Gregory 2005
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