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- Dictionarycomb/kəʊm/
noun
- 1. a strip of plastic, metal, or wood with a row of narrow teeth, used for untangling or arranging the hair.
- 2. a device for separating and dressing textile fibres.
verb
- 1. untangle or arrange (the hair) by drawing a comb through it: "she combed her hair and put some lipstick on" Similar
- 2. prepare (wool, flax, or cotton) for manufacture with a comb: "the wool had been cleaned and combed" Similar
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to search a place or an area very carefully in order to find something: comb somewhere for something The police combed the whole area for evidence. comb through Investigators combed through the wreckage. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
- English (US)
COMB meaning: 1. a flat piece of plastic, wood, or metal...
- Znaczenie Comb, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary
COMB definicja: 1. a flat piece of plastic, wood, or metal...
- Comb: Russian Translation
COMB translate: расческа , расчесывать , прочесывать (в...
- Comb: Norwegian Translation
COMB - translate into Norwegian with the English-Norwegian...
- Comb: Korean Translation
COMB translate: 빗, 빗질하다. Learn more in the Cambridge...
- Comb: Catalan Translation
comb translate: pinta, pentinar. Learn more in the Cambridge...
- Comb: Czech Translation
comb - translate into Czech with the English-Czech...
- Comb: Polish Translation
COMB translate: grzebień, czesać, przeczesywać, grzebień,...
- English (US)
Learn the various meanings and uses of the word comb as a noun, verb, and abbreviation. See synonyms, examples, word history, and related phrases of comb.
a toothed device of metal, plastic, wood, etc, used for disentangling or arranging hair. a tool or machine that separates, cleans, and straightens wool, cotton, etc. the fixed cutter on a sheep-shearing machine. anything resembling a toothed comb in form or function.
COMB meaning: 1. a flat piece of plastic, wood, or metal with a thin row of long, narrow parts along one side…. Learn more.
noun. /kəʊm/ Idioms. [countable] a flat piece of plastic or metal with a row of thin teeth along one side, used for making your hair neat; a smaller version of this worn by women in their hair to hold it in place or as a decoration. He just had time to wash his face and drag a comb through his hair before going out.
A comb is a toothed device for grooming hair or fibers, or a fleshy crest on some birds' heads. Learn more about the word comb, its synonyms, related terms, and usage examples from various sources.
A comb is made of plastic or wood, with separate teeth that untangle strands of hair. When you use one, you comb: "I grabbed the comb so I could comb my cat before the photo shoot." Another way to comb is to rummage or search, the way you comb through your bag to find your