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cobette

cobette noun: a small portion of corn on the cob, less than the whole ear.

Noun

cobette (plural cobettes)

  1. A small portion of corn on the cob, less than the whole ear.
    • I'll cook clams, lobsters—hot-and-spicy red potatoes and corn cobettes.2002, Patricia Hickman, Sandpebbles, page 194
    • Processing budgets were completed for these seven frozen products: strawberries, strawberry jam, sliced green beans, cut corn, corn (cobettes), sliced apples, and apple puree.2006, Progress Report, volume 15, page 54

Forms of cobette

pluralcobettes

Origin of cobette

From cob + -ette.

Questions about cobette

What does cobette mean?
Cobette means a small portion of corn on the cob, less than the whole ear.
What part of speech is cobette?
Cobette is a noun.
What is the plural of cobette?
The plural of cobette is cobettes.

Words near cobette in the dictionary

  1. cobenefits
  2. Cober
  3. Coberly
  4. Coberlys
  5. Cobers
  6. cobette
  7. cobettes
  8. cobful
  9. cobfuls
  10. Cobh
  11. Cobham

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