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cob

cob · cobs

орех, лесной орех, фундук

männlicher Schwan

A corncobA corncob.

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UK/kɒb/US/kɑb/

» Tom loves corn on the cob.

Значення

значень: 19

(злічуване, незлічуване)A corncob.
(злічуване, незлічуване)The seed-bearing head of a plant.
(злічуване, незлічуване)A male swan.
männlicher Schwan
adult male swan
(East Anglia, злічуване, незлічуване)A gull, especially the black-backed gull (Larus marinus); also spelled cobb.
white gull having a black back and wings
(злічуване, незлічуване)A lump or piece of anything, usually of a somewhat large size, as of coal, stone, or excrement.
(Midlands, злічуване, незлічуване)A round, often crusty roll or loaf of bread.
(незлічуване)A building material consisting of clay, sand, straw, water, and earth, similar to adobe; also called cobb, rammed earth or pisé.
(злічуване, незлічуване)A horse having a stout body and short legs.
stocky short-legged harness horse
(злічуване, незлічуване)Any of the gold and silver coins that were minted in the Spanish Empire and valued in reales or escudos, such as the piece of eight—especially those which were crudely struck and irregularly shaped.
(злічуване, незлічуване)A spider (cf. cobweb).
(злічуване, незлічуване)A small fish, the miller's thumb.
(злічуване, незлічуване)A large fish, especially the kabeljou (variant spelling of kob).

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Tom loves corn on the cob.
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We ate corn on the cob for dinner yesterday.
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The pigs ate the maize-cobs.
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I love to eat corn on the cob.
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Corn on the cob is a summer delight.
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Походження

Of uncertain origin. The word has many disparate senses, which are likely of diverse origi

Of uncertain origin. The word has many disparate senses, which are likely of diverse origin. The specifics of these origins have long been debated, as has the question of which senses arise from which origins. At least the swan sense originated in Middle English cobbe (“male swan; gang leader; bully”). Some other senses likely originated as a variant of cop (“head, top, peak, summit”). In other senses, the word may be related to cub, itself of obscure origin but possibly from Old Norse kobbi (“seal”). However, many alternative etymologies have been proposed to account for some or all senses of cob; various sources have related it, for example, to English cot (“cottage”), Welsh cob (“top, tuft”), or German Kübel (“large container”). All these etymologies are disputed, and the exact origins of cob cannot be known with any certainty.

Uncertain. Possibly onomatopoeic, but it has also been suggested that the word could be a continuation of Middle English cobbe (“fight”), a borrowing of Welsh cob (“blow”), or a cognate of Icelandic kubba (“chop”).

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