cob

  • 31cob — [[t]kɒ̱b[/t]] cobs 1) N COUNT A cob is a round loaf of bread. [BRIT] Syn: roll 2) N COUNT A cob is a type of short strong horse. 3) → See also corn on the cob …

    English dictionary

  • 32cob — n. 1. Sea mew, sea cob, gull, mew. 2. Horse (short legged and stout), cob horse. 3. [U. S.] Spike (of maize), corn cob …

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  • 33Cob — Cọb 〈m. 6〉 kleines, gedrungenes Pferd, das zum Reiten u. Fahren eingesetzt wird [engl., „kleines Pferd“] * * * Cọb, der; s, s [engl. cob, eigtl. Bez. für jmdn., etw. von gedrungenem Aussehen, H. u.]: kleines, starkes, für Reiten u. Fahren… …

    Universal-Lexikon

  • 34cob — UK [kɒb] / US [kɑb] noun [countable] Word forms cob : singular cob plural cobs 1) a corncob 2) British a round loaf of bread 3) a strong horse with short legs 4) British a cobnut …

    English dictionary

  • 35cob — 1. n. 1 a roundish lump of coal etc. 2 Brit. a domed loaf of bread. 3 Brit. = corn cob (see CORN(1)). 4 (in full cob nut) a large hazelnut. 5 a sturdy riding or driving horse with short legs. 6 a male swan. Etymology: ME: orig. unkn. 2. n. a… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 36cob — noun Cob is used after these nouns: ↑corn …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 37Cob — male friend, mate, pal (origin uncertain, probably related to British dialect cob to form a friendship with) …

    Dictionary of Australian slang

  • 38cob — I Australian Slang male friend, mate, pal (origin uncertain, probably related to British dialect cob to form a friendship with) II Mawdesley Glossary peculiar looking, rum looking III Yorkshire Dialect Stone (Cobble stone) …

    English dialects glossary

  • 39Cob — Cọb 〈m.; Gen.: s, Pl.: s; Zool.〉 kleines, gedrungenes Pferd, das zum Reiten u. Fahren eingesetzt wird; Welsh Cob [Etym.: engl., »kleines Pferd«] …

    Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch

  • 40cob — [15] Cob has a bizarre range of meanings – ‘nut’, ‘horse’, ‘male swan’, ‘loaf’, ‘ear of maize’ – but a distillation of them points back to an original ‘head, or something similarly rounded’ (cobnuts and cobloaves, for example, are spherical, and… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins