corn on the cob

noun

1. a cob of maize, boiled and eaten as a vegetable

Example Sentences

Macon returned with a basket and avalanched pink shrimp, corn on the cob, and red potatoes across the paper-covered table.

From Literature

It’s a traditional Filipino beef bulalo, looking simple: a big bowl crowded with soft shank meat from Preservation Meat Collective, cushy halves of baby potatoes, pieces of charred cabbage, a section of corn on the cob, a bone holding melty marrow to dig out, a frizzle of scallion on top.

From Seattle Times

Thielen believes dinner parties are a piece of music — there’s the bombastic bits, like fried chicken, but there’s also the undercurrent of rhythm: fresh corn on the cob boiled in milk, or “beautiful beans, boiled just right with a little garlic and butter.”

From Seattle Times

Flanking it on one side is a platter of corn on the cob.

From Salon

Add corn on the cob to the same boiling water.

From Salon