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CORN COB
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Dictionary entry overview: What does corn cob mean?
• CORN COB (noun)
The noun CORN COB has 1 sense:
1. the hard cylindrical core that bears the kernels of an ear of corn
Familiarity information: CORN COB used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The hard cylindrical core that bears the kernels of an ear of corn
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
corn cob; corncob
Hypernyms ("corn cob" is a kind of...):
core (the center of an object)
Holonyms ("corn cob" is a part of...):
corn; Indian corn; maize; Zea mays (tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times)
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