📖 Definitions of "Cobs"
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A male swan.
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A corncob.
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A round, often crusty roll or loaf of bread.
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A building material consisting of clay, sand, straw, water, and earth, similar to adobe; also called cobb, rammed earth or pisé.
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To construct using mud blocks or to seal a wall using mud or an artificial equivalent.
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Of growing corn, to have the heads mature into corncobs.
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To beat with a flat instrument; to paddle.
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(Northern UK, possibly colloquial) To throw, chuck, lob.
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To chip off unwanted pieces of stone, so as to form a desired shape or improve the quality of mineral ore.
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The nut of the common hazel (Corylus avellana); hazelnut.
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A specific cultivated variety of hazelnut, also known as the Kentish cobnut.
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A game played by children with nuts.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Cobs"
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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 |
| earsnoun | (countable) The organ of hearing, consisting of the pinna or auricle, auditory canal, eardrum, malleus, incus, stapes and cochlea. |
| groynesnoun | An often wooden structure that projects from a coastline to prevent erosion, longshore drift etc.; a breakwater. |
| husksnoun | The dry, leafy or stringy exterior of certain vegetables or fruits, which must be removed before eating the meat inside. |
| spikesnoun | A pair of athletic shoes equipped with spikes on the sole and heel for better traction. |
| spursnoun | (soccer) Tottenham Hotspur Football Club |
| swans | an American experimental rock band formed in 1981 by singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Michael Gira. |
| corncobsnoun | The central cylindrical core of an ear of corn (maize) on which the kernels are attached in rows. |
| stovernoun | Fodder for cattle, especially straw or coarse hay. |
| silagenoun | Fermented green forage fodder stored in an airtight silo or clamp. |
| kernelsnoun | The core, center, or essence of an object or system. |
| cornnoun | (Commonwealth, but not Australia or New Zealand, uncountable) Any cereal plant (or its grain) that is the main crop or staple of a country or region. |
| cornstalksnoun | (botany) The tough, fibrous stalk of a corn (maize) plant, often ground for silage after harvest. |
| pumpkinsnoun | The round yellow or orange fruit of this plant. |
| leeksnoun | A vegetable of variety Allium ampeloprasum, having edible leaves and an onion-like bulb but with a milder flavour than the onion. |
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