Comb

Quick meaning: Comb is a noun meaning A toothed implement:.

Meaning

A toothed implement:.

More Meanings

1. A crest:
2. A structure of hexagon cells made by bees for storing honey; honeycomb.
3. (music) The main body of a harmonica containing the air chambers and to which the reed plates are attached.
4. A former, commonly cone-shaped, used in hat manufacturing for hardening soft fibre.
5. An old English measure of corn equal to the half quarter.
6. The curling crest of a wave; a comber.
7. (algebraic geometry) A connected and reduced curve with irreducible components consisting of a smooth subcurve (called the handle) and one or more additional irreducible components (called teeth) that each intersect the handle in a single point that is unequal to the unique point of intersection for any of the other teeth.

Example Sentences

Police combed the field for evidence after the assault.

But the comb or half quarter is very general in the Eastern counties, particularly in Norfolk.

Sixteen torpedo bombers divided their attention between the two ships. Repulse combed the torpedo wakes and knocked down two of the attackers.

I like the way you comb your hair / And I like those stylish clothes you wear / It's just the little things you do / That show how much you really care

Word Forms

• combs
• combing
• combed

Synonyms for comb

Depending on context, synonyms include cockscomb, crest, combo, ransack, disentangle, coxcomb.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include ransack, coxcomb, cockscomb, disentangle, comb out, wipe.

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