cobbed
cobbed adjective: broken, cut or trimmed into pieces of a convenient size, or formed into small blocks; cobbled. Also the simple past and past participle of cob.
Adjective
cobbed (comparative more cobbed, superlative most cobbed)
- Broken, cut or trimmed into pieces of a convenient size, or formed into small blocks; cobbled.
- Remaining on, or taken from the cob, (as in "cobbed corn").
- After the few times I added cobbed corn to my bait pile, I would find cleaned cobs a long distance from the bait pile, sometimes more than 50 yards away.2009, James Woodsing, Grouse, Deer, and Uncle Willy, page 101
- I was thinking about you today, remembering all the good times we had when I was little: the picnics at the beach, cobbed corn and hamburgs on the grill, the long talks about the values of sharing and a good night's sleep.2015, Sueann Wells, Motherly Musings
- Built of mud cobbles, and sealed with mud or an artificial equivalent.
- Crudely or roughly assembled; put together in an improvised way, (as in "cobbed together").
- Struck with misfortune (possibly a contraction of clobbered)
- Odd, peculiar, strange. (Comparative can be cobb'der and superlative can be cobb'dest).
Also used as
cobbed is also the simple past and past participle of cob.
Forms of cobbed
| comparative | more cobbed |
|---|---|
| superlative | most cobbed |
Questions about cobbed
- What does cobbed mean?
- Cobbed means broken, cut or trimmed into pieces of a convenient size, or formed into small blocks; cobbled.
- What part of speech is cobbed?
- Cobbed is an adjective.
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