Comber

//ˈkoʊmɚ// name, noun

name, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person who combs wool, etc.
  2. 2
    Serranus cabrilla, the gaper, a fish found in European waters.
  3. 3
    a machine that separates and straightens the fibers of cotton or wool wordnet
  4. 4
    A machine that combs wool, etc.
  5. 5
    a long curling sea wave wordnet
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  1. 6
    A long, curving wave breaking on the shore.

    "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."

  2. 7
    a person who separates and straightens the fibers of cotton or wool wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A town in County Down, Northern Ireland (Irish grid ref J4669). countable, uncountable

Synonyms

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billowborebreakerbreakerchopgaper

Example

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"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."

Etymology

From Middle English comber, camber, equivalent to comb + -er.

Related phrases

brown combercomber wrassegrass-comberpainted comberwool comber

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