harvest corn

Frequency: 7.718.0 per million words

To gather the mature corn crop. Applies to both BrE (cereal) and AmE (maize) senses.

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  • Farmers harvest the corn in the autumn.
  • We will need more workers to harvest the corn this year.
  • Last year, a storm hit just before they could harvest the corn.
  • Harvesting corn is a labor-intensive process.
  • It's time to harvest the corn before the first frost.
  • The corn was harvested early due to the dry weather.
  • They have already harvested half of their corn.
  • The new machine can harvest corn much faster than the old one.
  • My grandfather taught me how to harvest corn by hand on his small farm.
  • Farmers are waiting for the right moment to harvest their corn.