brob

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/bɹɒb/

noun

A wedge-shaped spike used to secure the end of a timber where it abuts another. Much used in earlier times in the construction of tunnelled box-timber headings.

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Meanings

nounbrob (plural brobs)

plural brobs

  1. A wedge-shaped spike used to secure the end of a timber where it abuts another. Much used in earlier times in the construction of tunnelled box-timber headings.
verbbrob (third-person singular simple present brobs, present participle brobbing, simple past and past participle brobbed)

present singular third person brobs · participle present brobbing · participle past brobbed · past brobbed

  1. obsoleteTo poke or prick

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Robb
Cite this entry
APA

brob. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brob

MLA

“brob.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brob. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “brob,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brob.

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