Comber

Word COMBER
Character 6
Hyphenation comb er com ber
Pronunciations /ˈkəʊmə/

Definitions and meanings of "Comber"

What do we mean by comber?

One, such as a machine or a worker, that combs something, such as wool. noun

A long wave that has reached its peak or broken into foam; a breaker. noun

An obsolete form of cumber. noun

A machine for combing cotton, wool, and other textile fibers. noun

The Serranus cabrilla, also called smooth serranus and gaper, a fish of the sea-perch family, about a foot long, common on the southern coast of England. noun

A species of wrasse or Labrus (L. maculatus, var. comber), with a white lateral band from the eye to the caudal fin, found on the Cornish coast. Also called comber wrasse. noun

One who combs; one whose occupation is the combing of wool, etc. noun

A long curling wave. noun

One who combs; one whose occupation it is to comb wool, flax, etc. Also, a machine for combing wool, flax, etc. noun

A long, curling wave. noun

To cumber. transitive verb

The cabrilla. Also, a name applied to a species of wrasse. noun

Encumbrance. noun

A person who combs wool, etc noun

A machine that combs wool, etc noun

A long, curving wave breaking on the shore noun

A type of seawater fish noun

A long curling sea wave noun

A machine that separates and straightens the fibers of cotton or wool noun

A person who separates and straightens the fibers of cotton or wool noun

A person who combs wool, etc.

A machine that combs wool, etc.

A long, curving wave breaking on the shore.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Comber

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The word "comber" in example sentences

They all had caps of the same pattern, and wore a subdued look, in addition to their naturally aquiline features, as if a breaker -- a "comber" -- had washed over them. ❋ Unknown (1865)

_Chelton_ was shot through what seemed to be a "comber" as if she had been a submarine. ❋ Margaret Penrose (N/A)

This was just after Mr Zachariah Lathrope, the American passenger, had so well illustrated Virgil's line, _facilus descensus averni_, in coming down the stairway by the run, on the top of a "comber;" and, although the steward had lit one of the swinging lamps over the cuddy table, it only served, with its feeble flickering light, to "make the darkness visible" and render the scene more sombre. ❋ Unknown (1887)

"No, I was not, I was very busy all day 'taking observations' every hour or two, and it was at twelve o'clock this very night that the 'comber' broke on deck." ❋ Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing (1863)

"comber" met us, we were literally _buried_ for the moment, while it swept over us. ❋ Harry Collingwood (1886)

"A 'comber' is the name for a large wave with a comb or crest of foam, a sort of wave over which our ship ought to have ridden; but I must tell you that it was no easy matter to meet them on this occasion, because ❋ Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing (1863)

The deserted boat was in the trough of the sea, rolling drunkenly across each comber, its loose spritsail out at right angles to it and fluttering and flapping in the wind. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Even as they spoke, the black tarpaulin swooped from sight behind a big comber. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I found out last night that Rafferty released a comeback CD in 2009--more than a dozen gorgeous songs that I, a well-informed media comber, didn't even know existed. ❋ Richard Laermer (2011)

How was I to stop that comber on whose back I was? ❋ Unknown (2010)

A few minutes later I came charging in on a comber. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He surfaces in the wrong position, and the next comber sweeps directly into his face, engulfing him in the turbulence before he finally recovers. ❋ MICHAEL J. TOUGIAS (2010)

Geramita slowly lowers him, pausing when A.J. is near the sea, waiting to place him on the back side of a wave so the swimmer will have time to unhook in the trough before the next comber rolls over him. ❋ MICHAEL J. TOUGIAS (2010)

Next they hear an incredible thunderous sound, as the cresting fury of this enormous comber cascades down on them. ❋ MICHAEL J. TOUGIAS (2010)

Afterward, some veteran islanders talk about old John Ward, a beach-comber and drunken reprobate — with a perfect memory. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Sum daze its teh own lee intellijint comber sashuns Ai can haz. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Ho, ho! from all your furthest bounds, pour ye now in, ye bold billows of my whole foregone life, and top this one piled comber of my death! ❋ Abigail Nussbaum (2007)

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