2007-09-10 05:49:20 · 10 answers · asked by john m 6 in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
I always thought a cob was a type of horse.
2007-09-10 05:50:05 · update #1
It is just a way to say the web is no longer occupied.
Spider webs are clean and in use and should be left intact.
Once the spider dies or moves on, the web will collect dust and then people call it a cobweb.
2007-09-10 05:55:46 · answer #1 · answered by kiteeze 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Cob - male swan
Welsh Cob - a breed of pony
Cob nut - nuts from a hazel tree
Cob - a traditional mud wall mainly built in Devon UK
can't think of any more, sorry.
2007-09-10 06:33:09 · answer #2 · answered by Gardengirl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A bread roll if you are in the East Midlands, Nottingham area!
Seriously:
cobweb |ËkäbËweb| noun (usu. cobwebs) a spider's web, esp. when old and covered with dust. • Zoology a tangled three-dimensional spider's web. • something resembling a cobweb in delicacy or intricacy : white cobwebs of frost.
2007-09-10 08:14:20 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
a cob is what grains of corn grow on, thus , a corn cob.
used in early days as toilet paper phrase =rougher than a cob!
web and cob are not compatable as I can see.
2007-09-12 04:20:06 · answer #4 · answered by Satch 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I always thought a cob was a male swan.
2007-09-10 09:39:04 · answer #5 · answered by taxed till i die,and then some. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ever see a corn cob without the corn kernels? those interlocking spaces resemble the look of a cobweb.
2007-09-10 06:39:43 · answer #6 · answered by DeeDee 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Isn't a cob a type of nut?
2007-09-10 06:48:30 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
was just going tom say a horse but you beat me to it! The webs would be humongous!!!!
2007-09-10 05:53:00 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Slob on my cob.
2007-09-10 05:54:45 · answer #9 · answered by Phantom Smearer 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Could I have it back please it belongs to my spiders web. Thankyou.
2007-09-10 05:53:25 · answer #10 · answered by D 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋