Cobbed

Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective

Meaning

Broken, cut or trimmed into pieces of a convenient size, or formed into small blocks; cobbled..

Definitions by Sense

1. Broken, cut or trimmed into pieces of a convenient size, or formed into small blocks; cobbled.
2. Remaining on, or taken from the cob, (as in "cobbed corn").
3. Built of mud cobbles, and sealed with mud or an artificial equivalent.
4. Crudely or roughly assembled; put together in an improvised way, (as in "cobbed together").
5. Struck with misfortune (possibly a contraction of clobbered)
6. (dialect) Odd, peculiar, strange. (Comparative can be cobb'der and superlative can be cobb'dest).
7. simple past and past participle of cob

Example Sentences

After the few times I added cobbed corn to my bait pile, I would find cleaned cobs a long distance from the bait pile, sometimes more than 50 yards away.

I was thinking about you today, remembering all the good times we had when I was little: the picnics at the beach, cobbed corn and hamburgs on the grill, the long talks about the values of sharing and a good night's sleep.

A fluidized freezing process can be used for both cut corn and cobbed corn.

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• more cobbed
• most cobbed

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