Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The hard thick cylindrical central core on which are borne the grains or kernels of an ear of corn, usually in rows.
- n. A corncob pipe.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The elongated, woody, chaff-covered receptacle which, with the grain embedded in it in longitudinal rows, constitutes the ear of maize.
Wiktionary
- n. The central cylindrical core of an ear of corn (maize) on which the kernels are attached in rows.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. U.S. The cob or axis on which the kernels of Indian corn grow.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the hard cylindrical core that bears the kernels of an ear of corn
- n. the hard cylindrical core that bears the kernels of an ear of corn
Etymologies
- corn + cob (Wiktionary)
Examples
“By the way, do you know when they demolished the "corncob" building in Yerevan?”
“However, if the same human being, who had no training in complex mechanics, were suddenly to be con fronted with the maintenance of a twenty-eight cylinder "corncob" airplane engine, he would be in somewhat the Hunter's situation faced with the up keep of a living body from a planet his people had not visited before.”
“The corncob chin-up, at right, requires an exerciser at the top of a pull-up to shift his body right, then left, as if the pole were a cob off which he is eating corn.”
The Wall Street Journal: Playing Mix-and-Match With Muscle Moves
“Bust a Move Jason Lee A corncob chin-up requires an exerciser at the top of a pull-up to shift his body right, then left.”
The Wall Street Journal: Playing Mix-and-Match With Muscle Moves
“This image evolved over the decades, and the moonshiner became fixed as a corncob-pipe-smoking craftsman filling stoneware jugs with a clear and tasty elixir while keeping an eye out for pesky revenuers.”
“Army photographers scurried ahead to snap photos of him with his trademark corncob pipe, aviator glasses, and gold-embroidered crush cap.”
“Did she, in fact, see in the future taking some time off figuratively puffing on a corncob pipe and watching the sunset over the mountains from a porch swing?”
“Tell the Art Department that Congressman Popeye is screaming for a corncob pipe and sailor hat.”
“The corncob pipe was still clamped between his teeth.”
“Wyatt had made little corncob turkeys for the babies to play with.”
Lists
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Open List: The World of Corn
Corn-related words and phrases. This versatile crop is so important to cultures and economies - from most basic indigenous foodstuff and animal feed to source of biopolymer and biofuel.
seed corn, field corn, flint corn, sweet corn, biofuel, biopolymer, corn starch, modified corn starch, cornstarch, cornflour, polylactic acid, citric acid and 390 more...
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Just 'cause I like 'em, C
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Words
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