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corncobs

corncobs is the plural of corncob.

Meaning of corncob

Noun

corncob (plural corncobs)

  1. The central cylindrical core of an ear of corn (maize) on which the kernels are attached in rows.
    • London is like a shelled corncob on the Derby day, and there is not a clerk who could raise the money to hire a saddle with an old hack under it that can sit down on his office-stool the next day without wincing.1857–1858, Oliver Wendell Holmes [Sr.], chapter I, in The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table, Boston, Mass.: Phillips, Sampson and Company, published 1858, →OCLC, page 23
  2. (informal) A yokel.

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Questions about corncobs

What is corncobs the plural of?
Corncobs is the plural of corncob.

Words near corncobs in the dictionary

  1. corncob
  2. corncob engine
  3. corncob engines
  4. corncobbed
  5. corncobbing
  6. corncobs
  7. corncockle
  8. corncockles
  9. corncracker
  10. Corncracker State
  11. corncrackers

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