Meaning

A corncob..

Definitions by Sense

1. A corncob.
2. The seed-bearing head of a plant.
3. Clipping of cobnut.
4. A male swan.
5. (East Anglia) A gull, especially the black-backed gull (Larus marinus); also spelled cobb.
6. A lump or piece of anything, usually of a somewhat large size, as of coal, stone, or excrement.
7. (Midlands) A round, often crusty roll or loaf of bread.
8. (uncountable) A building material consisting of clay, sand, straw, water, and earth, similar to adobe; also called cobb, rammed earth or pisé.

Example Sentences

The grains, each of which is about the bulk of the largest marrowfat pea, are placed all round a stalk, which goes up the middle, and this little stalk, to which the seeds adhere, is called the Corn Cob.

I passed some mills in which the grain, cob, and husk were all ground up together for the cattle and hogs….

Dad had placed a cob of corn on a stump for the jays, who bickered over it non-stop.

Examining the cob of the plants now in seed, I found them very full of fine seed.

The following analyses exhibit the composition of the ash of the grain and cob of three specimens, grown on different soils, in Lewis county, in 1847

About the end of October last, as an experiment, I selected seed from a Hickory King cob of above and planted twenty rows with from twenty to thirty seeds in each row, rows three feet apart.

One of the branches developed into a fully-formed cob, though it was thinner than the normal cob of the variety.

Thy plumbs are fair indeed, but void of taste; And those large thick-shell cobs the teeth will guast.

Word Forms

• cobs
• cobbing
• cobbed

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