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Word: comb (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

abbreviation:

  • combination

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Noun:

  • A fleshy growth on the top of the head of some birds and reptiles; crest.
  • A machine used in separating choice cotton fibers from worsted cloth fibers.
  • An old English measure of corn equal to the half quarter.
  • A structure of hexagon cells made by bees for storing honey; honeycomb.
  • A toothed implement for grooming the hair.
  • music the main body of a harmonica containing the air chambers and to which the reed plates are attached.
  • the toothed plate at the top and bottom of an escalator that prevents objects getting trapped between the moving stairs and fixed landings.
  • The top part of a gun?s stock.

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Verb:

  • To groom the hair with a toothed implement.
  • To search thoroughly as if raking over an area with a comb.
  • To separate choice cotton fibers from worsted cloth fibers.

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