Cob (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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. a mixture of clay and straw, used as a building material.
  5. 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.
abbreviation Business.
  1. close of business: The data analysis will be on your desk by COB Wednesday.
noun
  1. a male swan
  2. a thickset short-legged type of riding and draught horse
  3. short for corncob, corncob pipe, cobnut
  4. British another name for hazel (def. 1)
  5. a small rounded lump or heap of coal, ore, etc
  6. a building material consisting of a mixture of clay and chopped straw
  7. a round loaf of bread
verb cobs, cobbing or cobbed
  1. to beat, esp on the buttocks
noun
  1. an archaic or dialect name for the greater black-backed gull (Larus marinus)
Cob (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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