cob

Examples

• All

• When the machine was polished to his satisfaction, he wheeled it carefully into the stable, where it occupied a stall next to that of the cob.

  Fiction book (1995)

• I watched the majestic cob gracefully glide across the lake.

• The cob stood proudly beside the female swan during the mating season.

• In the autumn, we often see a cob leading his family of cygnets to the feeding area.

Synonyms

C

cobb

vscob

• UK

9.9

A male swan, usually an adult bird

is specifically the adult male rather than males of any age

Compounds

C

corn on the cob

9 1.0

A cooked ear with rows of yellow kernels you eat by holding the ends

C

corn cob

3 1.3

A hard middle part of an ear of corn that holds the kernels

Surface Forms

Etymology