"corn on the cob" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: corns on the cob [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|corns on the cob}} corn on the cob (usually uncountable, plural corns on the cob)
  1. Cooked ears of corn (maize, specifically sweet corn). Wikipedia link: corn on the cob Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (lifeform): Maize (food), Vegetables Synonyms: butterpop, cornstick, long maize, pole corn, sweet pole, corn-on-the-cob Related terms: corncob Translations (cooked ears of corn): ပြောင်းဖူးပြုတ် (praung:hpu:prut) (Burmese), 玉米棒 (yùmǐbàng) (Chinese Mandarin), vařená kukuřice [feminine] (Czech), maiskolf [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), maïskolf [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), maisitõlvik (Estonian), maissintähkä (Finnish), Maiskolben [masculine] (German), pannocchia bollita [feminine] (Italian), 玉蜀黍 (tōmorokoshi) (alt: とうもろこし) (Japanese), トウモロコシ (tōmorokoshi) (Japanese), 蜀黍 (morokoshi) (alt: もろこし) (Japanese), モロコシ (morokoshi) (Japanese), 唐黍 (tōkibi) (alt: とうきび) (Japanese), トウキビ (tōkibi) (Japanese), maiskolbe [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), maiskolbe [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), kolba kukurydzy [feminine] (Polish), milho cozido (Portuguese), milho na espiga (Portuguese), چھلی (Chhāli) [Shahmukhi] (Punjabi), porumb [masculine] (Romanian), варёная кукуру́за (alt: в поча́тках) [feminine] (Russian), mazorca [feminine] (Spanish), mazorca de maíz [feminine] (Spanish), majskolv [common-gender] (Swedish), சுட்டச்சோளம் (cuṭṭaccōḷam) (Tamil), פּשעניטשקע (pshenitshke) [feminine] (Yiddish), קאַטשן קוקורוזע (katshn kukuruze) [masculine] (Yiddish), קאַטשן (katshn) [masculine] (Yiddish), פּאַפּשוי אויפֿן קאַטשן (papshoy oyfn katshn) [masculine] (Yiddish)

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    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "cooked ears of corn",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "porumb"
    },
    {
      "alt": "в поча́тках",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "sense": "cooked ears of corn",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "варёная кукуру́за"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "cooked ears of corn",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mazorca"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "cooked ears of corn",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mazorca de maíz"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "cooked ears of corn",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "majskolv"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "cuṭṭaccōḷam",
      "sense": "cooked ears of corn",
      "word": "சுட்டச்சோளம்"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "pshenitshke",
      "sense": "cooked ears of corn",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "פּשעניטשקע"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "katshn kukuruze",
      "sense": "cooked ears of corn",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "קאַטשן קוקורוזע"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "katshn",
      "sense": "cooked ears of corn",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "קאַטשן"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "papshoy oyfn katshn",
      "sense": "cooked ears of corn",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "פּאַפּשוי אויפֿן קאַטשן"
    }
  ],
  "word": "corn on the cob"
}

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  "msg": "more than one value in \"alt\": varjónaja kukurúza (v počátkax) vs. в поча́тках",
  "path": [
    "corn on the cob"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "corn on the cob",
  "trace": ""
}

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