corn-cob

  • 81corn sheller — noun 1. : a machine or device that separates the kernels of corn from the cob 2. slang : a repeating firearm defending himself with a corn sheller …

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  • 82cob — noun Cob is used after these nouns: ↑corn …

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  • 83cob — [[t]kɒb[/t]] n. 1) corncob 1): cooked corn on the cob[/ex] 2) orn a male swan 3) dch a short legged, thick set horse, often having a high gait 4) brit. a mixture of clay and straw, used as a building material • Etymology: 1375–1425; late ME cobbe …

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  • 84corn on the cob — отварная кукуруза в початках cob meal кукурузная мука, смолотая вместе с початками …

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  • 85cob rot — noun Etymology: cob (III) (corncob) : a disease of corn due to a fungus (Nigrospora sphaerica) of the family Dematiaceae that causes yellowish basal rot and shredding of the ear …

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  • 86corn on the cob — noun Cooked ears of corn …

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  • 87corn on the cob — Cockney Rhyming Slang Job e can t afford it e ain t got a corn …

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  • 88corn — 1) n money. A variant form of the Caribbean form carn which was said to have been the favourite word of the black British boxer Frank Bruno in 1982. 2) corn on the cob …

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  • 89corn — [kɔːn] noun 1) [U] British wheat, or any similar crop of grain 2) [U] American MAIZE plants, or their seeds when they are cooked and eaten See: sweetcorn 3) [C] a small piece of painful hard skin on your foot • corn on the cob the top part of a… …

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  • 90cob — 1. noun /kɒb/ a) A male swan. b) The portion of a corn plant around which the kernels grow. 2. verb /kɒb/ a) To cut, trim or break into blocks of a convenient size …

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