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Meanings of cob in English

Portuguese
avelã
Catalan
avellana
Wikidata

Nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus.

        avelã
        Wikidata

        Technology in architecture.

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              Catalan
              gavinot

              White gull having a black back and wings.

                    gavinot
                    Usage of cob in English
                    1
                    Then cut the corn from the cob as directed in Lesson IV.
                    School and Home Cooking
                    2
                    I'll put the cob fixings in to secure it,' she said briskly.
                    The millionaire's rebellious mistress
                    3
                    In the mouth of the slouch-hatted, unshaven driver was a corn-cob pipe.
                    The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
                    4
                    The boy put his hand upon the reins and stopped the cob.
                    Kenelm Chillingly — Volume 02
                    5
                    Hatch removed the corn-cob pipe from between his lips and laconically observed:
                    Quill's Window
                    6
                    The Kentish cob beats any nut we have except the paper-shell pecan.
                    Europe Revised
                    7
                    The cob was seeing his reflection, & thought it was another swan.
                    The new yorker
                    8
                    But it had had a knock since he mounted the roan cob.
                    Red Pottage
                    9
                    Cut the corn from the cob, cutting from tip to butt end.
                    Every Step in Canning: The Cold-Pack Method
                    10
                    His cob fretted at the autumn flies and whinnied to be gone.
                    The Henchman
                    11
                    Break my cob into three parts and throw them near the trees.
                    Thirty Indian Legends
                    12
                    Special utensils are sometimes provided for holding corn served on the cob.
                    School and Home Cooking
                    13
                    He removed from his lips the short corn-cob pipe he was smoking.
                    Viviette
                    14
                    Twist the kernels off the cob and store them in glass jars.
                    Vegetable gardening for dummies
                    15
                    The doctor consequently trotted off to Boxall Hill on his iron-grey cob.
                    Doctor Thorne
                    16
                    The stud is based around her palomino gypsy cob stallion Ballydangan Bo-Shambu.
                    Radio NZ
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