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How to pronounce corncob in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms corn cob
Type of core

Examples of corncob

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That philosophy led to the development of The Andersons corncob-based products.
From the toledoblade.com
He had a corncob pipe and a carrot nose and two eyes made out of beer bottles.
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Frying apparently does wonders for the look of a corncob, but not a whole lot for its flavor.
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Popeye was a strong guy with huge forearms and a corncob pipe.
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Turns out there's more to build in the snow than rotund little men with corncob pipes and button noses.
From the denverpost.com
This superstore, at 803 Q St. in the Haymarket District, sells everything from corn heads to corncob jelly.
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Corn husk dolls are traditional Native American dolls made out of the dried leaves or husk of a corncob.
From the en.wikipedia.org
He can tell you how a man who has won a thousand games in the NBA can still be as fancy as a corncob.
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He adopted the corncob pipe, following MacArthur's example.
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More examples
  • The hard cylindrical core that bears the kernels of an ear of corn
  • A corncob is the central core of a maize (Zea mays ssp. mays L.) ear. The corn plant's ear is also considered a "cob" or "pole" but it is not fully a "pole" until the ear is shucked, or removed from the plant material around the ear. Every row of corn on a corncob has the same number of kernels.
  • (Corncobs) Maize (Zea mays L. ssp. mays), known in many English-speaking countries as corn, is a grass domesticated by indigenous peoples in Mesoamerica in prehistoric times. ...
  • A Bicycle term used to describe a cluster of Cogs on a racing Freewheel because of the small variation in number of teeth on adjacent Cogs.
  • A pipe made from the interior cob of an ear of corn.
  • A traditional American pipe, the corncob's bowl is made from a dried and hollowed out cob, with a reed or hollowed out piece of wood inserted for the stem and mouthpiece.
  • A 13-18 or 12-19 'straight block' fw/cassette that is the gearing of choice for die-hard roadies, (in Nebraska!)
  • Toll Rail yellow and aquamarine livery.