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comber
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English comber, camber, equivalent to comb +? -er.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?k??m?/
- (US) enPR: k??m?r, IPA(key): /?ko?m?/
- Homophone: coma (in non-rhotic accents)
Noun
comber (plural combers)
- A person who combs wool, etc.
- A machine that combs wool, etc.
- A long, curving wave breaking on the shore.
- 1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka (republished by Eland, 2019; p. 118):
- The mighty combers crashed down with long echoing reverberations like the roar of great cannons, followed by the ominous swish of broken water rushing across the reef in mad clouds of foam and spray.
- 1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka (republished by Eland, 2019; p. 118):
Synonyms
- (long curving wave): breaker
Derived terms
- beachcomber
Translations
Etymology 2
Wikispecies This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?k?mb?/
- (US) enPR: käm?b?r, IPA(key): /?k?mb?/
Noun
comber (plural combers)
- Serranus cabrilla, the gaper, a fish found in European waters.
Derived terms
- brown comber (Serranus hepatus)
- painted comber (Serranus picta)
- comber wrasse (comb wrasse, Labrus bergylta, syn. Labrus comber)
Translations
Anagrams
- recomb
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combed
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English combed, kombide, equivalent to comb +? -ed.
Adjective
combed (comparative more combed, superlative most combed)
- Arranged or groomed with a comb
- combed hair
Verb
combed
- simple past tense and past participle of comb
Etymology 2
From comb +? -ed.
Adjective
combed (comparative more combed, superlative most combed)
- Having a comb or crest
- combed lizards
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