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Webster 1913 Edition

Comber

Comb′er

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Noun.
1.
One who combs; one whose occupation it is to comb wool, flax, etc. Also, a machine for combing wool, flax, etc.
2.
A long, curling wave.

Com′ber

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Verb.
T.
To cumber.
[Obs.]
Spenser.

Com′ber

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Noun.
Encumbrance.
[Obs.]

Com′ber

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Noun.
(Zool.)
The cabrilla. Also, a name applied to a species of wrasse.
[Prov. Eng.]
–
Com-bin′a-ble-ness
,
Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition

Comber

COMBER

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Noun.
One who combs; one whose occupation is to comb wool, &c.

COMBER

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Noun.
Incumbrance.

COMBER

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Noun.
A long slender fish with a red back, found in Cornwall, England.

Definition 2024

Comber

Comber

See also: comber

Translingual

Proper noun

Comber

  1. A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Thomas Comber (1837-1902).

comber

comber

See also: Comber

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkəʊmə/
  • (US) enPR: kōʹmər, IPA(key): /ˈkoʊmɚ/
  • Homophone: coma (in non-rhotic accents)

Noun

comber ‎(plural combers)

  1. A person who combs wool, etc.
  2. A machine that combs wool, etc.
  3. A long, curving wave breaking on the shore.
Synonyms
Translations

Etymology 2

A comber

Wikispecies

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɒmbə/
  • (US) enPR: kämʹbər, IPA(key): /ˈkɑmbɚ/

Noun

comber ‎(plural combers)

  1. Serranus cabrilla, the gaper, a fish found in European waters.
Derived terms
  • brown comber
  • painted comber
  • comber wrasse
Translations

Etymology

comb +‎ -er

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