Definition of corn-fed in English:

corn-fed

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adjective

(also cornfed)

1Fed on corn.
‘corn-fed chickens’
- ‘Cannelloni a la infanta followed, a tasty pasta appetiser, and then came braised corn-fed chicken breast filled with aubergine, sobrasada and honey.’
- ‘My wife's lemon and thyme marinated corn-fed chicken breast was succulent and fresh, and accompanied by roast potatoes cooked in herbs and a roast pepper relish.’
- ‘The corn-fed spring chicken with boulangère potatoes and thyme gravy was a double treat, with the breast confit and the leg roasted.’
- ‘Leaving aside service so patchy it was almost threadbare, I don't like overdone halibut, while Michael wasn't impressed with his corn-fed chicken with pomme Berny and truffle froth.’
- ‘He humphed as he skinned the organic, free-range, corn-fed chicken breast.’
- ‘One can only assume that the angry couple had also ordered the lovely, tender, corn-fed chicken with a rosemary and garlic sauce and the Buccleuch steak with colcannon potatoes and a red wine gravy.’
- ‘Fine steaks, corn-fed chicken, delicious wines all at less than half the price of their coastal neighbours.’
- ‘Is it against the cause to crave the occasional steak, or a happy corn-fed organic chicken?’
- ‘The menu included a selection of teas and sandwiches, which included ‘finger sandwiches’ of wild smoked salmon, ‘refreshing cucumber’, Limerick ham and corn-fed chicken.’
- ‘Menus that offer succulent, corn-fed baby chicken, drizzled with a tingling lemon sauce probably take this principle to extremes.’
- ‘Solar panels and windmills provide heat and light, while openings in the houses (where the corn-fed chickens spend the night) are rotated to preserve the grass from erosion.’
- ‘My aunt had the breast of corn-fed chicken with pea risotto and Madeira syrup.’
- ‘Be won over by his pressed terrine of corn-fed chicken, scallops, risotto, sea bream with linguine and fishcakes with a chive beurre blanc.’
- ‘The roast corn-fed chicken with wild mushrooms, artichokes, potatoes and crispy ham also went down very well.’
- ‘The death rates among the GM corn-fed chickens was double that of the ones eating conventional corn.’
- ‘His roast chicken is fantastic, a juicy corn-fed bird with an immaculately crisped, golden skin whose flavour suggested it had led a jolly decent life.’
- ‘It's the same thing with beef, corn-fed beef from the States just doesn't compare to Western Canadian beef that's been pastured and then fattened up on wheat and barley.’
- ‘They will be corn-fed, watered, and given fresh hay to sleep on.’
- ‘Paul Heathcote's easy but elegant dish combines succulent corn fed chicken with wild mushrooms and buttery baby leeks.’
- ‘Freedom Food labelled Devonshire Red Corn-fed Chicken is now available in a number of major retailers.’
1. 1.1US informal Plump; well fed.
  ‘a minister of corn-fed opulence’
  ‘Middle-class, first-time parents will man the patrols with a three-wheel Bugaboo pushchair carrying their corn-fed, mop-topped urchins.’
  ‘I don't think so, there is something corn-fed about those flawless complexions.’
  ‘And why do I have to have a cockpit the size of the Great Court at the British Library just because a fat slob in Ohio can't get a seatbelt round his corn-fed gut?’
  big, burly, heavy, tall, bulky, thickset, heavyset, chunky, strapping, powerfully built, hefty, muscular, muscle-bound, brawny, muscly, husky, solid, powerful, sturdy, solidly built, broad-shouldered, strong, big and strong, rugged, Herculean
2. 1.2US informal Provincial; unsophisticated.
  ‘a backward, corn-fed Heartland city’
  ‘To the big-city lesbian who comes for a visit with friends and finds a John Deere tractor parked in the airport terminal, Sioux City is corn-fed country.’
  ‘I know Ledger is Australian, but the two come across like a pair of corn-fed Midwestern American football players.’
  ‘He is also this tall, skinny guy with blonde spikes and blue eyes, so he really just looks Californian, where he was born, but he talks like a corn-fed kid from a farm with Dorothy and Toto.’
  ‘As Emily is a good corn-fed Midwestern girl who hasn't left the nest until now, she is excited by the possibilities of this assignment.’
  ‘Along comes Betty Elms, a corn-fed blonde straight out of Deep River, Ontario, trailing the faint scent of Lynch's Twin Peaks ingénue Laura Palmer.’
  unsophisticated, narrow-minded, parochial, small-town, suburban, insular, parish-pump, inward-looking, limited, restricted, localist, conservative, narrow