cobb

cobb · proper noun

imported

Definitions

proper noun

  1. 1.

    A surname of English origin.

  2. 2.

    Used in "Cobb salad," a chopped salad typically containing chicken, bacon, egg, tomato, avocado, and blue cheese.

Related words

See also: salad

Etymology

As a surname, from Middle English "cob" meaning a rounded lump or leader. The Cobb salad was invented at the Brown Derby restaurant in Hollywood in the 1930s by owner Robert Howard Cobb.