comb

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Related terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 Abbreviation 1.6 Anagrams 2 Hungarian 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Noun 2.3.1 Declension

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[edit] Etymology

Old English camb, from Proto-Germanic *kamboz, from Proto-Indo-European *gombʰos. Cognate with Dutch kam, German Kamm, Swedish kam; compare Ancient Greek γόμφος (“‘pin’”).

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Noun and verb

• (UK) enPR: kōm, IPA: /kəʊm/, SAMPA: /k@Um/
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• Rhymes: -əʊm

Abbreviation

• (UK) IPA: /kɒmb/, SAMPA: /kQmb/

[edit] Noun

comb (plural combs)

1. A toothed implement for grooming the hair.
2. A machine used in separating choice cotton fibers from worsted cloth fibers.
3. A fleshy growth on the top of the head of some birds and reptiles; crest.
4. A structure of hexagon cells made by bees for storing honey; honeycomb.
5. An old English measure of corn equal to the half quarter.

   • 1882, But the comb or half quarter is very general in the Eastern counties, particularly in Norfolk. — James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 4, page 207.

6. The top part of a gun’s stock.
7. the toothed plate at the top and bottom of an escalator that prevents objects getting trapped between the moving stairs and fixed landings.
8. (music) the main body of a harmonica containing the air chambers and to which the reed plates are attached.

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• orling

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[edit] Verb

to comb (third-person singular simple present combs, present participle combing, simple past and past participle combed)

1. To groom the hair with a toothed implement.
2. To separate choice cotton fibers from worsted cloth fibers.
3. To search thoroughly as if raking over an area with a comb.

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comb

1. combination

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of bcmo
• BMOC

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[edit] Hungarian

[edit] Etymology

Of unknown origin.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈtsomb/
• Hyphenation: comb

[edit] Noun

comb (plural combok)

1. thigh

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declension of comb singular plural nominative comb combok accusative combot combokat dative combnak comboknak instrumental combbal combokkal causal-final combért combokért translative combbá combokká terminative combig combokig essive-formal combként combokként essive-modal - - inessive combban combokban superessive combon combokon adessive combnál comboknál illative combba combokba sublative combra combokra allative combhoz combokhoz elative combból combokból delative combról combokról ablative combtól comboktól

possessives of comb possessor singular possession plural possession 1st person sing. combom combjaim 2nd person sing. combod combjaid 3rd person sing. combja combjai 1st person plural combunk combjaink 2nd person plural combotok combjaitok 3rd person plural combjuk combjaik