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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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gaper
English
Wikispecies
Etymology
From Middle English gaper, equivalent to gape +? -er.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -e?p?(r)
Noun
gaper (plural gapers)
- One who gapes; a starer.
- Any of several species of burrowing clams.
- The comber, a fish of the species Serranus cabrilla.
- The fish Champsodon capensis
- (US, slang) An inexperienced skier.
- 2017, Brendan Leonard, The Great Outdoors: Everything You Need to Know Before Heading Into the Wild, p. 295:
- If you want to avoid looking like a gaper, just keep yourself from looking sloppy and you should be okay.
- 2017, Brendan Leonard, The Great Outdoors: Everything You Need to Know Before Heading Into the Wild, p. 295:
Synonyms
- (fish): comber
Hyponyms
- (burrowing clams): king clam
Derived terms
Translations
Anagrams
- grape, pager, parge
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch gapere. Equivalent to gapen +? -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??a?.p?r/
- Hyphenation: ga?per
- Rhymes: -a?p?r
Noun
gaper m (plural gapers, diminutive gapertje n)
- A yawner, one who yawns.
- A figurehead with an open mouth used as the shop sign of a pharmacy.
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
gaper
- present of gape
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