noun
the midwestern states where corn is grown; Iowa and Illinois are excellent for raising corn and corn-fed livestock
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑belt
• Part Meronyms: ↑Indiana, ↑Hoosier State, ↑IN, ↑Iowa, ↑Hawkeye State, ↑IA
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noun : an area in which more land is used for the cultivation of corn than for any other single crop (as the central portion of the United States from western Ohio into Nebraska and Kansas including northern Missouri, eastern So. Dakota, and southwestern Minnesota)
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a region in the midwestern U.S., esp. Iowa, Illinois, and Indiana, excellent for raising corn and cornfed livestock.
[1880-85]
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Corn Belt,
U.S. an area in the Middle West where corn is grown extensively. Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, and Indiana are included in the Corn Belt.
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name for parts of the U.S. Midwest, esp. Illinois and Iowa, where corn is a major crop
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Useful english dictionary. 2012.