comber
See also: Comber
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle English comber, camber, equivalent to comb + -er.
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkəʊmə/
- (US) enPR: kōʹmər, IPA(key): /ˈkoʊmɚ/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: (UK) -əʊmə, (US) -oʊmə(ɹ)
- Homophone: coma (in non-rhotic accents)
Noun edit
comber (plural combers)
- A person who combs wool, etc.
- A machine that combs wool, etc.
- A long, curving wave breaking on the shore.
- 1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka, Eland, published 2019, page 118:
- The mighty combers crashed down with long echoing reverberations like the roar of great cannons, followed by the ominous swish of broken water rushing across the reef in mad clouds of foam and spray.
Synonyms edit
- (long curving wave): breaker
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
person who combs wool
machine that combs wool
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long, curving wave
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Etymology 2 edit
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Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɒmbə/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- (US) enPR: kämʹbər, IPA(key): /ˈkɑmbɚ/
- Rhymes: (UK) -ɒmbə, (US) -ɑmbə(ɹ)
Noun edit
comber (plural combers)
- Serranus cabrilla, the gaper, a fish found in European waters.
Derived terms edit
- brown comber (Serranus hepatus)
- painted comber (Serranus picta)
- comber wrasse (comb wrasse, Labrus bergylta, syn. Labrus comber)
Translations edit
Serranus cabrilla
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Anagrams edit
Polish edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡sɔm.bɛr/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɔmbɛr
- Syllabification: com‧ber
- Homophones: cąber, Cąber, Comber
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from German Ziemer, Zimmer.
Noun edit
comber m inan (diminutive comberek)
Etymology 2 edit
Perhaps borrowed from German Zampern, Zempern, Zemper.
Noun edit
comber m inan
- (historical) medieval folk carnival game formerly held in various regions of Poland, usually on Fat Thursday
Declension edit
Declension of comber