comb-out
An act of combing out hairAn act of combing out hair.
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)An act of combing out hair.
the act of removing tangles from you hair with a comb
(countable, idiomatic, informal, uncountable)The identification and removal of someone or something.
(countable, idiomatic, slang, uncountable)The act of sorting out.
the act of carefully weeding out unwanted things or people
Origin
Deverbal from comb out. First attested in 1915–1920 (sense 1 and sense 2). First attestedDeverbal from comb out. First attested in 1915–1920 (sense 1 and sense 2). First attested in 1940 (sense 3).
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Forms
plural: comb-outsSynonyms
1 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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