cob

  1. Noun.  Close of Business, usually referring to a deadline for an office in another time zone. .
  2. Noun.  Coordination of Benefits.
  3. Noun.  Chairman of the Board.
  4. Noun.  Chip on Board.
  5. Noun.  A male swan.
  6. Noun.  The portion of a corn plant around which the kernels grow.
  7. Noun.  a round loaf of bread; a small (4" diameter), round piece of crusty bread (in the English Midlands).
  8. Noun.  short for cobnut.
  9. Noun.  short for cobble or cobblestone.
  10. Noun.  A building material consisting of clay, sand, straw, water, and earth, similar to adobe. Also called cobb, rammed earth or pisé.
  11. Noun.  a horse having a stout body and short legs.
  12. Noun.  (context, East Anglia) a gull.
  13. (initialism) .  Close Of Business (Day).
  14. Verb.  To cut, trim or break into blocks of a convenient size.
  15. Verb.  To construct using mud blocks or to seal a wall using mud or an artificial equivalent.
  16. Verb.  (possibly colloquial, N UK) to throw, chuck, lob.

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