Dictionary Definition

cob

1 nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus [syn: hazelnut, filbert, cobnut]

2 stocky short-legged harness horse

3 white gull having a black back and wings [syn: black-backed gull, great black-backed gull, Larus marinus]

4 adult male swan

User Contributed Dictionary

A male swan.
The portion of a corn plant around which the kernels grow.
a spherical shaped loaf of bread; a bread roll
short for cobnut
short for cobble or cobblestone
mud used as a building material, placed then dried. Also called rammed earth or pisé.
a horse having a stout body and short legs

A male swan

The portion of a corn plant around which the kernels grow

a spherical shaped loaf of bread; a bread roll

short for cobnut

short for cobble or cobblestone

mud used as a building material, placed then dried

a horse having a stout body and short legs

To cut, trim or break into blocks of a convenient size.
To construct using mud blocks or to seal a wall using mud or an artificial equivalent.
(possibly colloquial, N UK) to throw, chuck, lob

Cob may refer to:

Cob (building), a building material consisting of clay, sand and straw
a type of paddle, in full cobbing-board; also as a verb, cob(bing) meaning spank(ing)
Any Horse of a small or short-legged, stout variety, such as the Welsh cob. See also Cob (horse)
An adult male swan
A bird of the gull family (Laridae)
Maize, as in corn on the cob
bread roll (Britain) a regional name for a bread roll. Often used in the North and Midlands.

COB as an acronym may refer to:

Chairman of the board
Republic of the Congo, via an obsolete country code
Central Obrera Boliviana, a federation of labor unions in Bolivia
Company of Biologists, a UK charity that publishes scientific journals
Contingency Operating Base as US military term related to forward operating base
Chip-on-board in surface-mount technology
Close of Business, An acronym for the end of a business day. See also EOB, End Of Business
Continuity of Business, an acronym sometimes used in conjunction with Disaster Recovery
Chief of the boat, the most senior enlisted crewperson on United States Navy submarines
A grain mix fed to horses and other livestock made up of Corn, Oats and Barley, (See equine nutrition)
Country of Birth
Center of balance
The station code for Cooden Beach railway station, Bexhill-on-Sea, United Kingdom
Children of Bodom, a Finnish metal band.
Church of the Brethren, an USA denomination of German origin
Conan O'Brien, American late night talk show host.