corn-fed

An adjective used to describe someone or something as robust, healthy, and wholesome, often with a rural or Midwestern connotation.

• 🇩🇪Adjektiv, das jemanden oder etwas als kräftig, gesund und wohlgenährt beschreibt, oft mit dem Nebenton ländlicher oder mittelwestamerikanischer Herkunft.

1. Fed on corn B1 formal

   Describes an animal, typically livestock, that has been raised on a diet primarily consisting of corn.

   • The restaurant prides itself on serving corn-fed chicken.
   • Corn-fed beef is known for its marbling and flavor.
   • They prefer corn-fed pork for their traditional recipes.

   🇩🇪mit Mais gefüttert

   Antonyme: free-range

2. Strong and healthy but not sophisticated B2 informal american

   Describes a person, often from a rural area, who is physically robust and healthy but may lack urban sophistication or polish.

   • He's a corn-fed farm boy with a good heart.
   • She has a corn-fed charm that is refreshingly honest.
   • The team is full of corn-fed athletes who work hard.

   🇩🇪Kräftig und gesund, aber einfach

   Synonyme: countrifiedcountry-bredhomespunroughhewnrusticunpolished

   Antonyme: cosmopolitanrefinedsophisticatedurban

• more corn-fed comparative form
• most corn-fed superlative form