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Cob

/kɒb/

A male swan.

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📖 Definitions of "Cob"

noun

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

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.

noun

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.

🔄 Synonyms of "Cob"

6 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
hazelnutnoun	The fruit of the hazel, especially Corylus avellana, which is grown commercially.
filbertnoun	The hazelnut.
cobnutnoun	A nut of a common hazel (Corylus avellana); hazelnut.
black-backed gullnoun	(loosely) The greater black-backed gull or lesser black-backed gull.
great black-backed gullnoun	A large European and American gull, Larus marinus.
larus marinusnoun	white gull having a black back and wings

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Cob"

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Word	Definition
filbertnoun	The hazelnut.
hazelnutnoun	The fruit of the hazel, especially Corylus avellana, which is grown commercially.
cobnutnoun	A nut of a common hazel (Corylus avellana); hazelnut.
great black-backed gullnoun	A large European and American gull, Larus marinus.
black-backed gullnoun	(loosely) The greater black-backed gull or lesser black-backed gull.
larus marinusnoun	white gull having a black back and wings
cosnoun	(chiefly UK) Synonym of romaine lettuce, a long-leaved variety of lettuce.
spikenoun	A sort of very large nail.
spurnoun	(figurative) Anything that inspires or motivates, as a spur does a horse.
epinoun	(medical jargon) epinephrine
bocnoun	Initialism of Bank of Canada.
secnoun	(informal) Second, ¹⁄₆₀ of a minute.
cbdnoun	Initialism of central business district. [The central area of a city in which there is a concentration of retail and business activities.]
crtnoun	(electronics, computing, becoming dated) A display device using a cathode ray tube, such as early televisions or monitors.
cdsnoun	(finance) Initialism of credit default swap. [(finance) A credit derivative contract between two counterparties, whereby the buyer (seller of risk) makes periodic payments to the seller (buyer of risk) in exchange for the right to a payoff if there is a default or other credit event in respect of a third party called reference entity.]
dbanoun	(business) A business doing business under such an alias.
corn-cobnoun	Alternative spelling of corncob. [The central cylindrical core of an ear of corn (maize) on which the kernels are attached in rows.]
cobbnoun	A building material consisting of clay, sand, straw, water, and earth, similar to adobe. Also called cob, rammed earth or pisé.
corncobnoun	The central cylindrical core of an ear of corn (maize) on which the kernels are attached in rows.
cobbingnoun	The production of cobs.