corncob

UK: /ˈkɔː^rnkɒb/ US: /ˈkɔrnˌkɑb/ ,(kôrn′kob′)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026

corn•cob /ˈkɔrnˌkɑb/   n. [countable]

1. Botany the long woody core on which the grains of an ear of corn grow.
2. Also called ˈcorn•cob ˈpipe. a tobacco pipe with a bowl made from a corncob.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

corn•cob  (kôrn′kob′), n. 

1. Botany the elongated woody core in which the grains of an ear of corn are embedded.
2. Also called corn′cob pipe′. a tobacco pipe with a bowl made from a corncob.

• corn¹ + cob¹ 1780–90, American.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

corncob / ˈkɔːnˌkɒb/ noun

1. the core of an ear of maize, to which kernels are attached
2. short for corncob pipe