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cob  (kb)

n.

1. A corncob: corn on the cob.

2. A male swan.

3. A thickset, stocky, short-legged horse.

4. A small lump or mass, as of coal.

5. A mixture of clay and straw used as a building material.

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[Probably from obsolete cob, round object, head, testicle.]

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cob

Noun

1. a male swan

2. a thickset type of horse

3. the stalk of an ear of maize

4. Brit & Austral a round loaf of bread

5. Brit a hazel tree or hazelnut [origin unknown]

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Cob a bunch of hair; a stack of grain or hay; a rounded heap or mass; a small heap of anything.

Examples: cob of grain; of hair [a bunch or chignon]; of hay, 1616; of jelly, 1876.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	cob - nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus cobnut, filbert, hazelnut edible nut - a hard-shelled seed consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell hazelnut, hazelnut tree, hazel - any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Corylus bearing edible nuts enclosed in a leafy husk
	2.	cob - stocky short-legged harness horse harness horse - horse used for pulling vehicles
	3.	cob - white gull having a black back and wings black-backed gull, great black-backed gull, Larus marinus sea gull, seagull, gull - mostly white aquatic bird having long pointed wings and short legs genus Larus, Larus - type genus of the Laridae
	4.	cob - adult male swan swan - stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult