Combful
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Enough to fill a comb (toothed implement).
"Lucilla remained standing before the glass, arranging her wind-tossed hair; and, in her vehemence, tearing out combfuls, as she pulled petulantly against the tangled curls."
- 2 Enough to fill a honeycomb.
"If I were to order a small swarm of Ligurians, and on arrival give them half-a-dozen combfuls of brood, but clear of bees, from as many hives, of course they would do well;[…]"
Example
More examples"Lucilla remained standing before the glass, arranging her wind-tossed hair; and, in her vehemence, tearing out combfuls, as she pulled petulantly against the tangled curls."
Etymology
From comb + -ful.
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