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Meaning of cobs

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

cobs

Pronunciation:/kɒbz/

noun

Definitions

  1. A male swan.

  2. A corncob.

  3. A round, often crusty roll or loaf of bread.

  4. A building material consisting of clay, sand, straw, water, and earth, similar to adobe; also called cobb, rammed earth or pisé.

verb

Definitions

  1. To construct using mud blocks or to seal a wall using mud or an artificial equivalent.

  2. Of growing corn, to have the heads mature into corncobs.

verb

Definitions

  1. To beat with a flat instrument; to paddle.

  2. (Northern UK, possibly colloquial) To throw, chuck, lob.

  3. To chip off unwanted pieces of stone, so as to form a desired shape or improve the quality of mineral ore.

noun

Definitions

  1. The nut of the common hazel (Corylus avellana); hazelnut.

  2. A specific cultivated variety of hazelnut, also known as the Kentish cobnut.

  3. A game played by children with nuts.