popcorn
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /ˈpɒp.kɔː(ɹ)n/
- (America) IPA: /ˈpɑp.kɔɹn/
- (Boston, New England) IPA: /ˈpʌp.kɔɹn/, [ˈpʌp.kɒːn], [ˈpʌp.kɔɹn]
popcorn
- (chiefly, uncountable) A snack food made from corn/maize kernels popped by dry heating.
- (chiefly, uncountable) A type of maize with a hard outer hull that, along with the type of starch it contains, makes it suitable for popping.
- (knitting) A kind of stitch similar to a bobble.
- 2008, Claire Compton, Sue Whiting, The Knitting and Crochet Bible (page 45)
- From the top the sample shows four stitch popcorns, five stitch bobbles, two rows of bells and a central leaf with leaves sloping to the left and right each side.
- 2008, Claire Compton, Sue Whiting, The Knitting and Crochet Bible (page 45)
- French: popcorn, maïs soufflé, maïs éclaté (Canadian French)
- German: Popcorn, Puffmais
- Italian: popcorn
- Portuguese: pipoca
- Russian: попко́рн
- Spanish: palomitas de maíz (especially Costa Rica), cabrita (Chile), cancha (Peru), canchita (Peru), canguil (Ecuador), cotufa (Canary Islands), crispetas (Colombia), esquite (northwestern Mexico), gallito (northwestern Venezuela), maíz pira (Colombia), millo (Panama), pipoca (Bolivia), pochoclo (Argentina), pop (Uruguay), popcorn (Panama), poporopo (Guatemala), pororó (eastern Bolivia), pururú (Northern Central Argentina), roscas (Canary Islands), roseta de maíz (El Salvador), rosita de maíz (Cuba), tostón (southeastern Spain)
popcorn (popcorns, present participle popcorning; past and past participle popcorned)
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