Comb Meaning and Definition

Word: Comb

How to pronounce: kəʊm

Noun

Definitions:

1. A strip of plastic, metal, or wood with a row of narrow teeth, used for untangling or arranging the hair.

Example sentences: "This involves lifting the hair with a metal comb and burning off the ends with a lighted taper."

2. A device for separating and dressing textile fibers.

3. The red fleshy crest on the head of a domestic fowl, especially a rooster.

Example sentences: "A gray-speckled hen with a red comb and wattles"

4. Short for honeycomb (sense 1 of the noun)

Example sentences: "Honey bees occasionally invade homes and establish a colony, building combs of wax containing honey, pollen and brood in wall spaces."

Transitive verb

Definitions:

1. Untangle or arrange (the hair) by drawing a comb through it.

Example sentences: "She combed her hair and put some lipstick on"

2. Prepare (wool, flax, or cotton) for manufacture with a comb.

Example sentences: "The wool had been cleaned and combed"

3. Search carefully and systematically.

Example sentences: "Police combed the area for the murder weapon"

Synonyms:

brush

hairbrush

combings

crest

coxcomb

scour

sweep

search

hunt

manifold valve

rake

Derivations:

combo

Combe

combed

combing

comber

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Comb in Other Languages...

Spanish: Peine

German: Kamm

French: Peigne

Italian: Pettine

Turkish: Tarak