1. Adult male swan
   "The cob glided gracefully across the lake"
    
2. Stocky short-legged harness horse
   "The cob pulled the carriage with ease despite its small stature"
    
3. White gull having a black back and wings
   "The great cob swooped down to catch a fish";
   - black-backed gull, great black-backed gull, Larus marinus
    
4. Nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus
   "They gathered fresh cobs from the hazelnut trees";
   - hazelnut, filbert, cobnut
    
5. [Brit] A small loaf or roll of soft bread
   "He filled the cob with ham and cheese for a quick sandwich";
   - bap [Brit]
    
6. The hard cylindrical core that bears the kernels of an ear of corn
   "Children used dried corn cobs as fuel for the campfire";
   - corncob, corn cob
    
7. [UK] A mixture of clay and straw used as a building material
   "Traditional Devon houses were built with cob walls"

Sounds like: kob

Derived forms: cobs

Type of: bread, breadstuff, core, edible nut, gull, harness horse, nut, sea gull, seagull, staff of life, swan

Part of: corn, genus Larus, hazel, hazelnut, hazelnut tree, Indian corn, Larus, maize, Zea mays

Encyclopedia: Cob