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ALL meanings of cob

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  • countable noun cob A cob is a type of short strong horse. 3
  • noun cob a male swan 3
  • noun cob a thickset short-legged type of riding and draught horse 3
  • noun cob a small rounded lump or heap of coal, ore, etc 3
  • noun cob a building material consisting of a mixture of clay and chopped straw 3
  • noun cob a round loaf of bread 3
  • verb cob to beat, esp on the buttocks 3
  • noun cob an archaic or dialect name for the greater black-backed gull (Larus marinus) 3
  • noun cob a lump or small mass, as of coal 3
  • noun cob a leader; chief 3
  • noun cob a corncob 3
  • noun cob a short-legged, thickset riding horse 3
  • countable noun cob A cob is a round loaf of bread. 2
  • noun cob a corncob. 1
  • noun cob a male swan. 1
  • noun cob a short-legged, thick-set horse, often having a high gait and frequently used for driving. 1
  • noun cob British. a mixture of clay and straw, used as a building material. 1
  • noun cob British Dialect. a rounded mass or lump. 1
  • noun cob 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. 1
  • noun cob The central, cylindrical, woody part of the corn ear to which the grains, or kernels, are attached. 1
  • abbreviation COB corncob 1
  • noun cob stocky horse 1
  • noun cob male swan 1
  • noun cob (English Midlands) A round, often crusty roll or loaf of bread. 0
  • noun cob Short for cobnut. 0
  • noun cob (Uncountable Noun) A building material consisting of clay, sand, straw, water, and earth, similar to adobe; also called cobb, rammed earth or pisé. 0
  • noun cob A horse having a stout body and short legs. 0
  • noun cob (East Anglia) A gull, especially the black-backed gull (Larus marinus); also spelled cobb. 0
  • noun cob Any of the gold and silver coins that were minted in the Spanish Empire and valued in reales or escudos, such as the piece of eight—especially those which were crudely struck and irregularly shaped. 0
  • noun cob A Spanish coin formerly current in Ireland, worth about four shillings and sixpence. 0
  • noun cob (Obsolete (No longer in use)) One who is eminent, great, large, or rich. 0
  • noun cob A spider. 0
  • noun cob A fish, the miller's thumb. 0
  • noun cob (Obsolete (No longer in use)) The head of a herring. 0
  • noun cob The top or head of anything. 0
  • noun cob A lump or piece of anything, usually of a somewhat large size, as of coal, or stone. 0
  • noun cob A punishment consisting of blows inflicted on the buttocks with a strap or a flat piece of wood. 0
  • verb cob To construct using mud blocks or to seal a wall using mud or an artificial equivalent. 0
  • verb cob To beat with a flat instrument; to paddle. 0
  • verb cob (Northern UK, possibly colloquial) To throw, chuck, lob. 0
  • verb cob To chip off unwanted pieces of stone, so as to form a desired shape or improve the quality of mineral ore. 0
  • abbreviation COB Abbreviation of cobble. 0
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