comber
- noun
- /ˈkəmər/
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- In the storm, with the wind blowing the tops off the waves and the offshore rips boiling in overfalls and combers, the Fearless towed her net beyond Cape Lynch, where the tide swept her out to open water.
Examples
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As the sun set, the comber rolled steadily towards the sand, creating a beautiful scene.
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Everything seemed straightforward still, though the seas were turning into combers.
Fiction book (1991) -
Rollers, breakers, surf, combers, reef, rock, hard space; what does this crashing water mean?
Fiction book (1997) -
They ain't no breakers, they're combers!
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Atlantic combers pounded and swirled, frothing across a desolate beach.
Fiction book (1999) -
It was white in the late winter sun, the combers unrolling from an ocean that was whiter yet, creased with shadows from the long wisps of cloud.
Fiction book (1995) -
The large comber crashed onto the shore, sending sprays of water into the air.
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Surfers waited eagerly for a big comber to ride as it approached the beach.
Synonyms
15
4.7
A wave that collapses into white foam near the shore
12
4.4
A long heavy sea wave that rolls toward the shore
7
7.4
A large rolling wave on the sea
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3.0
A long heavy wave in the sea that moves toward the shore
Large rolling waves that make the sea rise and fall
Antonyms
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Comber for a big wave is easy to remember: think of the white foam on the wave's top like the teeth of a comb, or a 'crest', that rolls forward. That's why a comber is a long, curling sea wave with a clear 'crest'.