comb
/kəʊm/ · noun
Meaning
- A toothed implement for grooming the hair or (formerly) for keeping it in place.
- A machine used in separating choice cotton fibers from worsted cloth fibers.
- A fleshy growth on the top of the head of some birds and reptiles; crest.
- A structure of hexagon cells made by bees for storing honey; honeycomb.
- An old English measure of corn equal to the half quarter.
- The top part of a gun’s stock.
- (especially of hair or fur) To groom with a toothed implement; chiefly with a comb.
- To separate choice cotton fibers from worsted cloth fibers.
- To search thoroughly as if raking over an area with a comb.
- To roll over, as the top or crest of a wave; to break with a white foam, as waves.
- (abbreviation) Combination.
- A valley, often wooded and often with no river
- A cirque.
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