"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), 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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