Cob 766661 223684379 2008-07-05T07:05:12Z 123.243.99.2 {{wiktionarypar2|cob|COB}} '''Cob''' may refer to: *[[Cob (building)]], a building material consisting of clay, sand and straw *a type of [[Paddle (spanking)|paddle]], in full '''cobbing-board'''; also as a verb, cob(bing) meaning spank(ing) *Any Horse of a small or short-legged, stout variety, such as the [[Welsh cob]]. See also [[Cob (horse)]] *An adult male [[swan]] *A bird of the gull family ([[Laridae]]) *[[Maize]], as in ''corn on the cob'' *[[bread roll]] (Britain) a regional name for a bread roll. Often used in the North and Midlands. '''COB''' as an [[acronym]] may refer to: *[[Chairman of the board]] *[[Republic of the Congo]], via an obsolete country code *[[Central Obrera Boliviana]], a federation of labor unions in Bolivia *[[Company of Biologists]], a UK charity that publishes scientific journals *[[Contingency Operating Base]] as US military term related to forward operating base *[[Chip-on-board]] in surface-mount technology *[[Continuity of Business]], an acronym sometimes used in conjunction with Disaster Recovery *[[Chief of the boat]], the most senior enlisted crewperson on United States Navy submarines *A grain mix fed to horses and other livestock made up of '''C'''orn, '''O'''ats and '''B'''arley, (See [[equine nutrition]]) *Country of Birth *Close of Business *[[Center of balance]] *The station code for [[Cooden Beach railway station]], Bexhill-on-Sea, United Kingdom *[[Children of Bodom]], a Finnish metal band. *[[Church of the Brethren]], an USA denomination of German origin *[[Conan O'Brien]], American late night talk show host. ==See also== *[[Cobb]] {{disambig}} [[de:COB]] [[es:COB]] [[fr:COB]] [[it:COB]] [[pt:Cob]] [[zh:COB]]