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corncobs 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
  1. (corncob) the hard cylindrical core that bears the kernels of an ear of corn
  2. 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. ...
  3. 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.
  4. (Corn-cob) Toll Rail yellow and aquamarine livery.
  5. (corncob) Also known as a "straight block," this is a cassette or freewheel on which every cog is one tooth larger than the preceding one (as you shift up the cassette to larger sprockets).
  6. (Corncob (Pipe)) 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.
  7. (Corncob) 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.
  8. (corncob) A 13-18 or 12-19 'straight block' fw/cassette that is the gearing of choice for die-hard roadies, (in Nebraska!)