comber

See also: Comber

English

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkəʊmə/
• enPR: kōʹmər, IPA^(key): /ˈkoʊmɚ/

• Audio (US):

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• Homophone: coma (in non-rhotic accents)

Noun

comber (plural combers)

1. A person who combs wool, etc.
2. A machine that combs wool, etc.
3. A long, curving wave breaking on the shore.
   • 1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka (republished by Eland, 2019; p. 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

• (long curving wave): breaker

Derived terms

• beachcomber

Translations

person who combs wool

• Greek: λαναράς (el) m (lanarás), ξάντης (el) (xántis)
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• Polish: postrzygacz (pl) m

machine that combs wool

• Bulgarian: дарак m (darak)
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long, curving wave

• Bulgarian: разбиваща се вълна (razbivašta se vǎlna)
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Etymology 2

A comber

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɒmbə/
• enPR: kämʹbər, IPA^(key): /ˈkɑmbɚ/

Noun

comber (plural combers)

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

Derived terms

• brown comber ()
• painted comber ()
• comber wrasse (comb wrasse, , syn. )

Translations

Serranus cabrilla

• Bulgarian: ха́нос m (hános)
• Catalan: serrà (ca) m
• French: perche de mer (fr) f
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• Greek: σερράνος m (serrános), χάνος (el) m (chános)
• Italian: perchia f
• Serbo-Croatian: кањац m, kanjac (sh) m

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