Alternativa stavningar

Uttal

  • rhotic:
    • IPA: /ˈkɔɹnkɒb/
  • non-rhotic:
    • IPA: /ˈkɔːnkɒb/
  • Okänd accent:
    • IPA: [ˈkɔɹnkɑb]
    • IPA: /ˈkɔɹnkɒb/, /ˈkɔːnkɒb/
Översättning
Substantiv
1.majskolv {en}

Definitioner

Substantiv

  1. The central cylindrical core of an ear of corn (maize) on which the kernels are attached in rows.

Exempel

  • 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.
  • Six years of persistent research at the Bureau of Chemistry of the Department of Agriculture, has resulted in establishing the fact that a number of interesting and useful by-products can be derived from the humble corncob.
  • He bit into a corncob, and Chisom watched him munch with his mouth open, his jaws working the corn like a mini grinding machine.

Böjningsformer

Pluralcorncobs