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corn-on-the-cob

corn-on-the-cob is the alternative form of corn on the cob.

Meaning of corn on the cob

Noun

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

  1. (usually) Cooked 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

Questions about corn-on-the-cob

What is corn-on-the-cob the alternative form of?
Corn-on-the-cob is the alternative form of corn on the cob.

Words near corn-on-the-cob in the dictionary

  1. corn-hog ratios
  2. corn-miller
  3. corn-millers
  4. corn-monger
  5. corn-mongers
  6. corn-on-the-cob
  7. corn-pit
  8. corn-pits
  9. corn-pone
  10. corn-pones
  11. Corn.

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