# Cob

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**Cob** or **COB** may refer to:

## Animals

- [Cob (horse)](/source/Cob_(horse)), a small sturdy horse or large pony
- Cob, an adult male [swan](/source/Swan)
- Cob, a [gull](/source/Gull) or seabird of the genus [Larus](/source/Larus) or of the family [Laridae](/source/Laridae)

## Parts of plants

- [Corncob](/source/Corncob), the core or inner part of an ear of maize (corn) on which the kernels grow
- Cob or cob nut, another name for a [hazelnut](/source/Hazelnut)

## Materials and objects

- [Cob (material)](/source/Cob_(material)), a building material for making walls using compacted clay, sand and straw
- Cob or cobbing board, a wooden instrument used for punishment: see [Paddle (spanking)](/source/Paddle_(spanking))
- Cob, Spanish gold and silver coins that were irregularly shaped and crudely struck: see [Spanish dollar](/source/Spanish_dollar)
- Cob, a crusty bread roll shaped like a squashed ball, commonly used in the English Midlands: see [List of bread rolls](/source/List_of_bread_rolls)

## Geographical objects

- The Cob, a seawall in [Porthmadog](/source/Porthmadog), Wales
- The Cob, a seawall in [Malltraeth](/source/Malltraeth), Anglesey, Wales
- [Kingsley Castle](/source/Kingsley_Castle), also known as Castle Cob, a medieval motte in Kingsley, Cheshire, England

## People

- [Cob Stenham](/source/Cob_Stenham) (born 1932), English business executive

## Acronyms

- [Bolivian Workers' Center](/source/Bolivian_Workers'_Center), *Central Obrera Boliviana* in Spanish
- [Brazilian Olympic Committee](/source/Brazilian_Olympic_Committee), *Comitê Olímpico Brasileiro* in Portuguese
- [Brazilian Workers Confederation](/source/Brazilian_Workers_Confederation), *Confederação Operária Brasileira* in Portuguese
- [Center of balance (disambiguation)](/source/Center_of_balance_(disambiguation)), multiple meanings
- [Cercle Olympique de Bamako](/source/Cercle_Olympique_de_Bamako), a Malian football team
- [Chairman of the board](/source/Chairman_of_the_board)
- [Chief of the boat](/source/Chief_of_the_boat), the most senior enlisted crewperson on United States Navy submarines
- [Children of Bodom](/source/Children_of_Bodom), a Finnish metal band
- [Chip on board](/source/Chip_on_board), a method of directly mounting semiconductors on printed circuit boards or substrates
- [Church of the Brethren](/source/Church_of_the_Brethren), an American religious denomination of German origin
- [Church Office Building](/source/Church_Office_Building), headquarters of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- [Clerk](/source/Clerk) of the Board, of an organizational board or committee
- Clive's Original Band or C.O.B., an English folk band headed by [Clive Palmer](/source/Clive_Palmer_(musician))
- [Close of Business](/source/Close_of_Business), the formal end of the day in financial markets or offices
- [Coburg railway station](/source/Coburg_railway_station), Melbourne
- [College of The Bahamas](/source/College_of_The_Bahamas), the national public institution of higher education
- [Company of Biologists](/source/Company_of_Biologists), a UK charity that publishes scientific journals
- [Continent-ocean boundary](/source/Continent-ocean_boundary), the boundary between oceanic and continental crust on a passive margin
- Contingency Operating Base, a US military term, a [forward operating base](/source/Forward_operating_base)
- [Continuity of Business](/source/Continuity_of_Business), an acronym sometimes used in conjunction with Disaster Recovery
- Corn, Oats and Barley, a grain mix fed to horses and other livestock: see [equine nutrition](/source/Equine_nutrition)
- Creature Object, a simple programming language for the game [Creatures (artificial life program)](/source/Creatures_(artificial_life_program))
- Crew overboard, in boating: see [Man overboard](/source/Man_overboard)

## Codes

- cob, the ISO 639-3 code for the [Chicomuceltec language](/source/Chicomuceltec_language) of Mexico and Guatemala
- COB, an obsolete country code for [Republic of the Congo](/source/Republic_of_the_Congo)
- [Cooden Beach railway station](/source/Cooden_Beach_railway_station), a railway station in Sussex, England

## See also

- [Cobb (disambiguation)](/source/Cobb_(disambiguation))
- [Kob](/source/Kob), an antelope
- [COBS (disambiguation)](/source/COBS_(disambiguation))

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