corn on the cob

noun

Cooked ears of corn (maize, specifically sweet corn).

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Meanings

nouncorn on the cob (usually uncountable, plural corns on the cob)

plural corns on the cob · alternative corn-on-the-cob

  1. uncountableusuallyCooked ears of corn (maize, specifically sweet corn).

    […] we ate grilled corn on the cob from street vendors in the colonnades.

    2013, Henriette Lazaridis Power, The Clover House: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Ballantine Books Trade Paperbacks, →ISBN, page 405
    1 more example

    Every day I ordered a salad, two corns on the cob, and some vegetable stirfry (which wasn’t too bad, but also had to be rinsed), but the bulk of my meal would be fruit.

    2014, Shani Krebs, Dragons & Butterflies: Sentenced to Die, Choosing to Live, Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball Publishers, →ISBN, page 621

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

Synonyms & antonyms

nounCooked ears of corn (maize, specifically sweet corn).

Similar
butterpopcornsticklong maizemaize on the cobpole cornsweet pole
Also see
butterpoplong maizemaize on the cobsweet pole

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 玉米棒
  • 玉米棒 (yùmǐbàng)cooked ears of corn
Czech vařená kukuřice
  • vařená kukuřicecooked ears of corn
Dutch maiskolf, maïskolf
  • maiskolfcooked ears of corn
  • maïskolfcooked ears of corn
Estonian maisitõlvik
  • maisitõlvikcooked ears of corn
Finnish maissintähkä
  • maissintähkäcooked ears of corn
German Maiskolben
  • Maiskolbencooked ears of corn
Italian pannocchia bollita
  • pannocchia bollitacooked ears of corn
Japanese 玉蜀黍, トウモロコシ
  • 玉蜀黍 (tōmorokoshi)cooked ears of corn
  • トウモロコシ (tōmorokoshi)cooked ears of corn
  • 蜀黍 (morokoshi)cooked ears of corn
  • モロコシ (morokoshi)cooked ears of corn
  • 唐黍 (tōkibi)cooked ears of corn
  • トウキビ (tōkibi)cooked ears of corn
Norwegian Bokmål maiskolbe
  • maiskolbecooked ears of corn
Polish kolba kukurydzy
  • kolba kukurydzycooked ears of corn
Portuguese milho cozido, milho na espiga
  • milho cozidocooked ears of corn
  • milho na espigacooked ears of corn
Punjabi چھلی
  • چھلی (Chhāli)cooked ears of corn
Romanian porumb
  • porumbcooked ears of corn
Russian варёная кукуру́за
  • варёная кукуру́заcooked ears of corn
Spanish mazorca, mazorca de maíz
  • mazorcacooked ears of corn
  • mazorca de maízcooked ears of corn
Swedish majskolv
  • majskolvcooked ears of corn
Tamil சுட்டச்சோளம்
  • சுட்டச்சோளம் (cuṭṭaccōḷam)cooked ears of corn
Yiddish פּשעניטשקע, קאַטשן קוקורוזע
  • פּשעניטשקע (pshenitshke)cooked ears of corn
  • קאַטשן קוקורוזע (katshn kukuruze)cooked ears of corn
  • קאַטשן (katshn)cooked ears of corn
  • פּאַפּשוי אויפֿן קאַטשן (papshoy oyfn katshn)cooked ears of corn
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APA

corn on the cob. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corn%20on%20the%20cob

MLA

“corn on the cob.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corn%20on%20the%20cob. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “corn on the cob,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corn%20on%20the%20cob.

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