corn on the cob

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corn on the cob

noun corns on the cob · corn-on-the-cob

  1. uncountable, usually Cooked ears of corn (maize, specifically sweet corn). […] we ate grilled corn on the cob from street vendors in the colonnades.

    Similar: butterpop, cornstick, long maize, maize on the cob, pole corn, sweet pole

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noun cooked ears of corn

Españolmazorca, mazorca de maíz
日本語玉蜀黍 tōmorokoshi, トウモロコシ tōmorokoshi, 蜀黍 morokoshi, モロコシ morokoshi, 唐黍 tōkibi, トウキビ tōkibi
中文玉米棒 yùmǐbàng
Portuguêsmilho cozido, milho na espiga
DeutschMaiskolben
Italianopannocchia bollita
Românăporumb
Русскийварёная кукуру́за

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@misc{corn_on_the_cob_2026,
  title = {corn on the cob},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/corn%20on%20the%20cob},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}