0 the part of the maize plant that is shaped like a cylinder, and is cooked with the sweet yellow or white grains on it
1 the tube shaped part of corn with its sweet yellow or white kernels (= seeds) left on it, served as a cooked vegetable
Corn on the cob is taken with the fingers, but is never served at a dinner party.
I left Jim because when he ate corn on the cob he always closed his eyes and it drove me wild.
In serving sweet corn on the cob, provide finger-bowls, or a small doily to use in holding the ear of corn.
Sweet corn on the cob should be cooked as soon as possible after taking it from stalk, as after being removed it soon loses its sweetness.
The mill was especially adapted for grinding corn on the cob or shelled, corn and wheat mixed and rye.
The narrower meaning is usually indicated by some additional word, as in "sweet corn", "sweetcorn", "corn on the cob", "popcorn", "corn flakes", "baby corn".
A typical meal involves boiling the lobster with some slight seasoning and then serving it with drawn butter, baked potato, and corn on the cob.
