corb
/ˈkɔː(ɹ)b/
corb noun: a basket, for example one used in coal mines, etc.
Noun
corb (plural corbs)
- A basket, for example one used in coal mines, etc.
- He said no more, but signed to me to lift a heavy wooden corb with an iron loop across it, and sunk in a little pit of earth, a yard or so from the mouth of the shaft. I raised it, and by his direction dropped it into the throat of the shaft, where it hung and shook from a great cross-beam laid at...1869, R[ichard] D[oddridge] Blackmore, Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Sampson Low, Son, & Marston, […], →OCLC
- I[…] carried my corb of fagots home on my back, while my two youngsters had each their bundle on their little shoulders too1863, Henry Mayhew, The Boyhood of Martin Luther
- Synonyms:
- corf
- a corbel (ornament in a building).
- A brown meagre (Sciaena umbra)
Synonyms of corb
Forms of corb
| plural | corbs |
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Origin of corb
From Latin corbis (“basket”).
Questions about corb
- What does corb mean?
- Corb means a basket, for example one used in coal mines, etc.
- What part of speech is corb?
- Corb is a noun.
- How do you pronounce corb?
- Corb is pronounced /ˈkɔː(ɹ)b/.
- What is the plural of corb?
- The plural of corb is corbs.
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