cob
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/kɒb/
English
Definitions
noun
- 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
- 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.
noun
- 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.
verb
- 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
- Initialism of contingency operating base.
- Acronym of chief of boat.
- Close of Business, usually referring to a deadline for an office in another time zone.“NY office told the LA office to have report e-mailed by COB.”
- Coordination of Benefits
noun
- A cobblestone.
- A particle from 64 to 256 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
noun
- Small flat-bottomed fishing boat suitable for launching from a beach, found on the north-east coast of England and in Scotland.
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