corncrib
/kˈɔɹnkɹˌɪb/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.03 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Alternative form of corn crib.
Example Sentences
- "We fixed the corncrib, remodeled the inside of the barn and put in a furnace. We put in a Delco and a new roof on the house. The roof we put on at our own expense, also the Delco and the furnace. During the time that we were out there we spent about $5,000 of our savings that we had accumulated in Chicago. We have used all our savings and our real estate bonds we lost in the crash of 1929. We farmed the property and bought horses, we had a plow and he [her late husband] plowed the land. He put in wheat, corn and oats."
- "Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don't eat up people's gardens, don't nest in corncribs, they don't do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird."
- "It is the picture of a farmer and his son standing against the backdrop of an empty wooden corncrib."