corn-fed

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

• 🇫🇷Adjectif utilisé pour décrire quelqu'un ou quelque chose comme robuste, sain et de bonne qualité, souvent avec une connotation d'origine rurale ou du Midwest.

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.

   🇫🇷Nourri au maïs

   Antonymes: 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.

   🇫🇷costaud et rustique

   Synonymes: countrifiedcountry-bredhomespunroughhewnrusticunpolished

   Antonymes: cosmopolitanrefinedsophisticatedurban

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