Meaning

4 senses
  1. A person who combs wool, etc.

    a person who separates and straightens the fibers of cotton or wool

  2. A machine that combs wool, etc.

    a machine that separates and straightens the fibers of cotton or wool

  3. A long, curving wave breaking on the shore.

    a long curling sea wave

  4. Serranus cabrilla, the gaper, a fish found in European waters.

    Sägebarsch

    ка́менный о́кунь-ха́носkámennyj ókunʹ-xános

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
Serranus cabrilla:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
Serranus cabrilla:

Origin

From Middle English comber, camber, equivalent to comb + -er.

From Middle English comber, camber, equivalent to comb + -er.

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Forms

plural: combers
Singularcomber
Pluralcombers

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
long curving wave:breaker

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
comber — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto