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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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cob¹

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) a male swan

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Breeds) a thickset short-legged type of riding and draught horse

3. (Cookery) (Law / Recreational Drugs) short for corncob, corncob pipe, cobnut

4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) Brit another name for hazel [1]

5. (Mining & Quarrying) a small rounded lump or heap of coal, ore, etc.

6. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) Brit and NZ a building material consisting of a mixture of clay and chopped straw

7. (Cookery) Also called cob loaf Brit a round loaf of bread

vb cobs, cobbing, cobbed

(tr) Brit informal to beat, esp on the buttocks

[of uncertain origin; probably related to Icelandic kobbi seal; see cub]

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cob², cobb [kɒb]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) an archaic or dialect name for a gull esp the greater black-backed gull (Larus marinus)

[of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kob, kobbe]

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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

Translations

cob [kɒb] N

1. (= swan) → cisne m macho

2. (= horse) → jaca f fuerte

3. (= loaf) → pan m redondo

4. (= nut) → avellana f

5. (= maize) → mazorca f

cob [ˈkɒb] n

(= horse) → cob m

[corn]
see corn

cob

n

(= horse) kleines, gedrungenes Pferd

(= swan) → (männlicher) Schwan

(= corn) → (Mais)kolben m; (= bread) → rundes Brot; corn on the cob → Maiskolben m; a cob of coal → ein Stück Eier- or Nusskohle

(also cobnut) → (große) Haselnuss