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maize-on-the-cob

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

Meaning of maize on the cob

Noun

maize on the cob (uncountable)

  1. Synonym of corn on the cob.
    • For some reason, the subplatform mound of Structure 7 extended more than a meter from the platform walls. At least on the north side this provided ample roofed household activity area and was used for eating maize on the cob just before the eruption struck.1992, Payson Sheets, “Structure 7, The Bodega”, in The Ceren Site: A Prehistoric Village Buried by Volcanic Ash in Central America, Fort Worth, Tex.: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich College Publishers...
    Synonyms:
    corn on the cob

Questions about maize-on-the-cob

What is maize-on-the-cob the alternative form of?
Maize-on-the-cob is the alternative form of maize on the cob.

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

  1. maize syrup
  2. maize syrups
  3. maize weevil
  4. maize weevils
  5. maize-cream
  6. maize-on-the-cob
  7. maizebread
  8. maizefield
  9. maizefields
  10. maizeflour
  11. maizeless

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