comb
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- noun
- /koʊm/
:
peine
- Every time I do my hair, I use a wide toothed comb like this.
- fine-tooth comb
- plastic comb
- wooden comb
My next tip is use a wide tooth comb.
- My next tip is use a wide tooth comb.
- Behold the mighty comb of Linus Tactic.
Examples
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I wore lavender hi-boy shirts and stuck a greasy black comb in my back pocket.
Fiction book (1996) -
Thanks for the comb, by the way.
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If she is a young girl, show the comb that belongs to her mother.
Fiction book (1996) -
Turning from the mirror, he ran the comb through his thinning brown hair.
Fiction book (1996) -
In the bathroom, she saw his comb, brush, and razor on a small table by the lavatory.
Fiction book (1996) -
Carved wooden Akan combs were used to both dress the hair and ornament it.
Academic text (2003) -
I always carry a comb in my bag to keep my hair neat.
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After shampooing, she used a wide-toothed comb to gently untangle her hair.
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He picked up the comb and styled his hair before the interview.
Synonyms
A small comb you carry in a pocket to fix your hair
A small tool with teeth used to tidy hair that fits in a pocket
A comb with very close teeth used to remove lice from hair
A small tool with very close teeth used to remove lice or untangle hair
A hair comb with wide teeth from Wales used to untangle curly hair
A comb with sharp teeth that removes mats and tangles from an animal's coat
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
A small transparent sea animal like a jellyfish that moves by beating eight rows of tiny hairs
- Specialized
A spider with a row of short stiff hairs on each hind foot that often spins irregular webs
How Fine
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Surface Forms
Etymology
The word comb comes from an old English word camb meaning 'ridge' or 'tooth', and it names the tool with a row of 'teeth' used to tidy hair or fibers. So a comb is a flat tool with many 'teeth' for untangling or arranging hair and fibers.