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comber en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • kōʹmər (US)
  • /ˈkəʊmə/ (UK)
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈkoʊmɚ/ (US)

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. A person who combs wool, etc.
  2. A machine that combs wool, etc.
  3. A long, curving wave breaking on the shore.
    • 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. 1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka, Eland, published 2019, page 118:

Forms

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combers Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

grass-comber · wool comber · woolcomber · beachcomber

Synonyms

breaker (long curving wave)

Translations (7)

fi kampaaja (person who combs wool) · bg разбиваща се вълна (long, curving wave) · bg дарак (machine that combs wool) · el ξάντης (person who combs wool) · pl postrzygacz (person who combs wool) · fi laine (long, curving wave) · el λαναράς (person who combs wool)

comber en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /ˈkɒmbə/ (UK)
  • kämʹbər (US)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈkɑmbɚ/ (US)

Etymology

Meanings

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

Forms

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combers Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

brown comber · comber wrasse · painted comber

Translations (19)

tr asıl hani (Serranus cabrilla) · de Sägebarsch (Serranus cabrilla) · fi pastellimeriahven (Serranus cabrilla) · it perchia (Serranus cabrilla) · ga ciaradóir (Serranus cabrilla) · ar قُرْفُصَة (Serranus cabrilla) · fr perche de mer (Serranus cabrilla) · el χάνος (Serranus cabrilla) · sh кањац (Serranus cabrilla) · ca serrà (Serranus cabrilla) · el σερράνος (Serranus cabrilla) · bg ха́нос (Serranus cabrilla) · ast cabra (Serranus cabrilla) · ar قُرْفُص (Serranus cabrilla) · sh kanjac (Serranus cabrilla) · tr hani (Serranus cabrilla) · grc χάννη (Serranus cabrilla) · ru ка́менный о́кунь-ха́нос (Serranus cabrilla) · es cabrilla (Serranus cabrilla)