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/ˈkɔːn.kɒb/ · noun
The central cylindrical core of an ear of corn (maize) on which the kernels are attached in rows..
London is like a shelled corncob on the Derby day, and there is not a clerk who could raise the money to hire a saddle with an old hack under it that can sit down on his office-stool the next day without wincing.
Six years of persistent research at the Bureau of Chemistry of the Department of Agriculture, has resulted in establishing the fact that a number of interesting and useful by-products can be derived from the humble corncob.
He bit into a corncob, and Chisom watched him munch with his mouth open, his jaws working the corn like a mini grinding machine.
Distracted cops, rude asteroids and the corncobbing of Andrew Koenig
“Do you enjoy being corncobbed?”
Trump had lost but was denying that this was the case. He had been corncobbed.
Use corncob when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Corncob means The central cylindrical core of an ear of corn (maize) on which the kernels are attached in rows..
Common synonyms include cornhusker, hayseed, bogger, bogtrotter.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
London is like a shelled corncob on the Derby day, and there is not a clerk who could raise the money to hire a saddle with an old hack under it that can sit down on his office-stool the next day without wincing.
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