comber
Appearance
See also: Comber
English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle English comber, camber, equivalent to comb + -er.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkəʊmə/
- (US) enPR: kōʹmər, IPA(key): /ˈkoʊmɚ/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: (UK) -əʊmə, (US) -oʊmə(ɹ)
- Homophone: coma (non-rhotic)
Noun
[edit]comber (plural combers)
- A person who combs wool, etc.
- A machine that combs wool, etc.
- A long, curving wave breaking on the shore.
- 1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka, Eland, published 2019, page 118:
- 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.
Synonyms
[edit]- (long curving wave): breaker
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]person who combs wool
machine that combs wool
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long, curving wave
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Etymology 2
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Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɒmbə/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (US) enPR: kämʹbər, IPA(key): /ˈkɑmbɚ/
- Rhymes: (UK) -ɒmbə, (US) -ɑmbə(ɹ)
Noun
[edit]comber (plural combers)
- Serranus cabrilla, the gaper, a fish found in European waters.
Derived terms
[edit]- brown comber (Serranus hepatus)
- painted comber (Serranus picta)
- comber wrasse (comb wrasse, Labrus bergylta, syn. Labrus comber)
Translations
[edit]Serranus cabrilla
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Anagrams
[edit]Polish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈt͡sɔm.bɛr/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɔmbɛr
- Syllabification: com‧ber
- Homophones: cąber, Cąber, Comber
Etymology 1
[edit]Borrowed from German Ziemer, Zimmer.
Noun
[edit]comber m inan (diminutive comberek)
Declension
[edit]Declension of comber
Etymology 2
[edit]Perhaps borrowed from German Zampern, Zempern, Zemper.
Noun
[edit]comber m inan
- (historical) medieval folk carnival game formerly held in various regions of Poland, usually on Fat Thursday
Declension
[edit]Declension of comber
Further reading
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- en:Serranids
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