Comb Definition
comb
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English
Etymology
From Middle English, from Old English camb (“comb”), from Proto-Germanic *kambaz (“comb”) (compare Swedish/Dutch kam, German Kamm), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵómbʰos (“tooth”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵómbʰ- (“to pierce, gnaw through”) (compare Tocharian B keme, Lithuanian žam̃bas (“sharp edge”), Old Church Slavonic зѫбъ (zǫbŭ), Albanian dhëmb, Ancient Greek γομφίος (gomphíos, “backtooth, molar”), Sanskrit जम्भ (jambha)).
Pronunciation
- Noun and verb
- Abbreviation
- (UK) IPA: /kɒmb/, X-SAMPA: /kQmb/
Noun
comb (plural combs)
A comb for the hair.- A toothed implement for grooming the hair.
- 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, But the comb or half quarter is very general in the Eastern counties, particularly in Norfolk. — James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 4, page 207.
- 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.
Synonyms
- (skin on head of birds): cockscomb, crest
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Verb
comb (third-person singular simple present combs, present participle combing, simple past and past participle combed)
- To groom the hair with a toothed implement.
- To separate choice cotton fibers from worsted cloth fibers.
- To search thoroughly as if raking over an area with a comb.
Translations
to groom the hair with a toothed implement
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Abbreviation
comb
Anagrams
Hungarian
Etymology
Of unknown origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈtsomb/
- Hyphenation: comb
Noun
comb (plural combok)
Declension
declension of comb
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possessives of comb
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A comb is a toothed device used in hair care for straightening and cleaning hair or other fibres. Combs are among the oldest tools found by archaeologists, having been discovered in very refined forms from settlements dating back to 5,000 years ago in Persia.
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