cob

5 definitions • 5 examples

the hard cylinder-shaped part of the maize plant on which the yellow or white grain grows:

Cut the corn kernels from the cob.

a strong horse with short legs:

One of my early memories is riding a cob called Rufus.

a male swan:

A cob will attack anything that threatens his pen and their cygnets.

a small round loaf of bread:

I bought some butter and a crusty cob.

abbreviation for close of business: the end of the working day or the business day:

by COB I need to get this back to her by COB on Monday.