cobbed

adj — 6 senses

cobbed

adj
1

Broken, cut or trimmed into pieces of a convenient size, or formed into small blocks; cobbled.

2

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:
1 more example
  • A fluidized freezing process can be used for both cut corn and cobbed corn.2019, NIIR Board of Consultants & Engineers, The Complete Technology Book on Processing, Dehydration, Canning, Preservation of Fruits & Vegetables, page 516:
3

Built of mud cobbles, and sealed with mud or an artificial equivalent.

4

Crudely or roughly assembled; put together in an improvised way, (as in "cobbed together").

5

Struck with misfortune (possibly a contraction of clobbered)

6

Dialectal Odd, peculiar, strange. (Comparative can be cobb'der and superlative can be cobb'dest).

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