Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The hard thick cylindrical central core on which are borne the grains or kernels of an ear of corn, usually in rows.
- noun A corncob pipe.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The elongated, woody, chaff-covered receptacle which, with the grain embedded in it in longitudinal rows, constitutes the ear of maize.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun U.S. The cob or axis on which the kernels of Indian corn grow.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The central
cylindrical core of anear ofcorn (maize ) on which thekernels are attached in rows.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the hard cylindrical core that bears the kernels of an ear of corn
- noun the hard cylindrical core that bears the kernels of an ear of corn
Etymologies
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Examples
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By the way, do you know when they demolished the "corncob" building in Yerevan?
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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.
Through The Eye Of A Needle Clement, Hal, 1922- 1978
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Tell the Art Department that Congressman Popeye is screaming for a corncob pipe and sailor hat.
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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.
Playing Mix-and-Match With Muscle Moves Kevin Helliker 2012
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The corncob pipe was still clamped between his teeth.
Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011
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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?
Holly Cara Price: Amanda Palmer on Life, Art, Music, and Smashing Paradigms: So Much is Possible, and I Want to Do it All! Holly Cara Price 2010
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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.
Playing Mix-and-Match With Muscle Moves Kevin Helliker 2012
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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.
Hipster Moonshine 2010
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Army photographers scurried ahead to snap photos of him with his trademark corncob pipe, aviator glasses, and gold-embroidered crush cap.
Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011
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Army photographers scurried ahead to snap photos of him with his trademark corncob pipe, aviator glasses, and gold-embroidered crush cap.
Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011
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