corncob

[หˆkษ”ษนnkษ‘b]

IPA: /K AO1 R N K AA0 B/

noun
  1. 1

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

verb
  1. 1

    (of turbines and rotor blades) to disintegrate by the blades becoming severed from the axis

  2. 2

    To destroy, to destruct, to defeat

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