corn-cob

A form of corncob — The central cylindrical core of an ear of corn (maize) on which the kernels are attached in rows.

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Meanings

nouncorn-cob (plural corn-cobs)

plural corn-cobs

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of corncob.

    It had a slender stem several feet high, and from its top stood up a single tongue of flame, an intensely red flower of the size and shape of a small corn-cob.

    1897, Mark Twain, Following the Equator […] , New York: American Publishing Company, page 539
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