cobs
/kɒbz/noun
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A male swan.
A corncob.
A round, often crusty roll or loaf of bread.
A building material consisting of clay, sand, straw, water, and earth, similar to adobe; also called cobb, rammed earth or pisé.
verb
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To construct using mud blocks or to seal a wall using mud or an artificial equivalent.
Of growing corn, to have the heads mature into corncobs.
verb
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To beat with a flat instrument; to paddle.
(Northern UK, possibly colloquial) To throw, chuck, lob.
To chip off unwanted pieces of stone, so as to form a desired shape or improve the quality of mineral ore.
noun
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The nut of the common hazel (Corylus avellana); hazelnut.
A specific cultivated variety of hazelnut, also known as the Kentish cobnut.
A game played by children with nuts.