Meaning of corn on the cob | Babel Free
Definitions
Cooked ears of corn (maize, specifically sweet corn).
uncountable, usually
Equivalents
Deutsch
Maiskolben
Suomi
maissintähkä
Italiano
pannocchia bollita
Nederlands
maiskolf
Русский
варёная кукуру́за
Svenska
majskolv
Examples
“[…] we ate grilled corn on the cob from street vendors in the colonnades.”
“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.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.