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Definition of 'comb'Noun
( en-noun)
A toothed implement for grooming the hair or (formerly) for keeping it in place.
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*:There was also hairdressing: hairdressing, too, really was hairdressing in those times — no running a comb through it and that was that. It was curled, frizzed, waved, put in curlers overnight, waved with hot tongs;.
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.
*1882 , James Edwin (Thorold Rogers), , Vol.4 , p.207:
*:But the comb or half quarter is very general in the Eastern counties, particularly in Norfolk.
The top part of a gun’s stock.
The toothed plate at the top and bottom of an escalator that prevents objects getting trapped between the moving stairs and fixed landings.
(music) The main body of a harmonica containing the air chambers and to which the reed plates are attached.
A former, commonly cone-shaped, used in hat manufacturing for hardening soft fibre.
A toothed tool used for chasing screws on work in a lathe; a chaser.
The notched scale of a wire micrometer.
The collector of an electrical machine, usually resembling a comb.
One of a pair of peculiar organs on the base of the abdomen in scorpions.
The curling crest of a wave; a comber.
A toothed plate used for creating wells in agar gels for electrophoresis.
(weaving) A toothed wooden pick used to push the weft thread tightly against the previous pass of thread to create a tight weave.
Synonyms
* (skin on head of birds) cockscomb, crest
Coordinate terms
* (skin on head of birds) caruncle, snood, wattle
Derived terms
( Terms derived from "comb")
* backcomb
* comb-footed spider
* comb jelly
* combover
( rel-mid)
* currycomb
* drop at comb
* fine-tooth comb
* razor comb
* Venus' comb
( rel-bottom)
Coordinate terms
* orling
Verb
( en-verb)
(especially of hair or fur) To groom with a toothed implement; chiefly with a .
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To separate choice cotton fibers from worsted cloth fibers.
To search thoroughly as if raking over an area with a comb.
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(nautical) To roll over, as the top or crest of a wave; to break with a white foam, as waves.
Noun
( en-noun)
(abbreviation) Combination.
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