cob

Examples

• All

• A small sharp-faced man smoking a cob pipe was waiting, holding out a broken singletree for Elder's inspection as he passed on his way back to the forge.

  Fiction book (1992)

• They ate their hot rolls, fried chicken, corn on the cob, and mashed potatoes with gravy.

  Fiction book (1995)

• In the moonlit yard is a corn cob, forever attacked and scratched by hens.

  Fiction book (1992)

• Father buys two chunks of watermelon and fresh corn on the cob soaked in butter.

  Fiction book (1992)

• Every morning, when the sun shines, there is a new widow crying in her hut and a baby there chewing on her breast like a dry maize cob.

  Fiction book (1998)

• During summer barbecues, we always serve grilled corn on the cob with butter and salt.

• She suggested enjoying a delicious meal that included corn on the cob alongside grilled chicken.

Synonyms

H

hazelnut

vscob

25 1.0

A small round nut or the tree that makes it, often used in sweets and coffee

refers to particular cultivated varieties of that nut rather than the general kind

F

filbert

vscob

1 6.7

A small hazel tree or the round brown nuts it gives that you can eat

focuses on the edible nut especially specific botanical varieties rather than the tree

C

cobnut

vscob

• UK

9.2

A type of hazelnut or the tree that grows it in Britain and Europe

refers to specific botanical varieties without stressing cultivation or region

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