Combful
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Combful is a noun meaning Enough to fill a comb (toothed implement).
Meaning
Enough to fill a comb (toothed implement).
More Meanings
- Enough to fill a honeycomb.
Example Sentences
Is your hair coming out by great combsful? Every combful causing a pang of fear for the future.
This curve, recording the amounts of nectar collected, now falls still lower, day by day, with the evaporation of the last combs[-]ful of maturing honey.
Poseidon changed his position and lay stomach upward on my sister’s lap, so that it was now combsful of white fur which were released on the breezes to join the brown.
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.
Word Forms
- combfuls
- combsful
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include comb, pick, woolcomb, comber, toeful, combings.
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