1. the hard central part of an ear of corn from which the kernels have been removed

Examples

• After eating the corn, she threw the corncob in the compost bin.
• The farmer used dried corncobs as kindling for the fire.
• Corncobs can be ground up and used as an abrasive material.
• The dog was chewing on an old corncob in the yard.
• Traditional corncob pipes were popular among tobacco smokers.
• She scraped the remaining kernels off the corncob with a knife.