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cob

1

[ kob ]

noun

  1. a corncob.
  2. a male swan.
  3. a short-legged, thick-set horse, often having a high gait and frequently used for driving.
  4. British. a mixture of clay and straw, used as a building material.
  5. British Dialect. a rounded mass or lump.
  6. a crude silver or gold Spanish-American coin of the 16th to 18th centuries, characteristically irregular in shape and bearing only a partial impression of the dies from which it was struck.


COB

2

abbreviation for

, Business.
  1. close of business:

    The data analysis will be on your desk by COB Wednesday.

cob

1

/ kɒb /

noun

  1. an archaic or dialect name for the greater black-backed gull ( Larus marinus ) See also gull 1
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


cob

2

/ kɒb /

noun

  1. a male swan
  2. a thickset short-legged type of riding and draught horse
  3. another name for hazel
  4. a small rounded lump or heap of coal, ore, etc
  5. a building material consisting of a mixture of clay and chopped straw
  6. Also calledcob loaf a round loaf of bread
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. informal.
    tr to beat, esp on the buttocks
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cob1

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English cobbe “male swan, leader of a gang”; these and various subsequent senses are obscurely related and probably in part of distinct origin
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cob1

C16: of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kob, kobbe

Origin of cob2

C15: of uncertain origin; probably related to Icelandic kobbi seal; see cub
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Example Sentences

In 2011, during the final days of our last Iraq war I spent time there, on the former U.S. base called COB Speicher.

People scurry past me while eating freshly roasted corn on the cob.

Joseph tilted his chair back against the steel fence and kindled his cob pipe.

We had no molds, but Annie said the latest style in Natchez was to make a waxen rope by dipping, then wrap it round a corn-cob.

He watched the shepherd's face curiously from under his heavy brows, as he pulled at his cob pipe.

The seeds included vegetables, flowers, and Indian corn, the last named being in the cob.

My stern companion jogged along On a brown old cob both broad and strong.

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