Comb
Definitions
- A toothed implement:
- A toothed implement for grooming the hair or (formerly) for keeping it in place.
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Abbreviation of combination. abbreviation, alt-of, rare
- A machine used in separating choice cotton fibers from worsted cloth fibers.
- The toothed plate at the top and bottom of an escalator that prevents objects getting trapped between the moving stairs and fixed landings.
- A toothed tool used for chasing screws on work in a lathe; a chaser.
- The notched scale of a wire micrometer.
- The collector of an electrical machine, usually resembling a comb.
- A toothed plate used for creating wells in agar gels for electrophoresis.
- A toothed wooden pick used to push the weft thread tightly against the previous pass of thread to create a tight weave.
- One of a pair of peculiar organs on the base of the abdomen in scorpions, with which they comb substrate.
- A ctene.
- A crest:
- A fleshy growth on the top of the head of some birds and reptiles; crest.
- A crest (of metal, leather, etc) on a piece of armor, especially on a helmet.
- The top part of a gun’s stock.
- A structure of hexagon cells made by bees for storing honey; honeycomb.
- The main body of a harmonica containing the air chambers and to which the reed plates are attached.
- A former, commonly cone-shaped, used in hat manufacturing for hardening soft fibre.
- An old English measure of corn equal to the half quarter.
- The curling crest of a wave; a comber.
- A connected and reduced curve with irreducible components consisting of a smooth subcurve (called the handle) and one or more additional irreducible components (called teeth) that each intersect the handle in a single point that is unequal to the unique point of intersection for any of the other teeth.
- A kind of vertical plate in a lode.
Equivalents
Examples
“There was also hairdressing: hairdressing, too, really was hairdressing in those times — no running a comb through it and that was that. It was curled, frizzed, waved, put⟳ in curlers overnight, waved with hot tongs;[…].”
“Ctenophores are mostly planktonic creatures about the size and shape⟳ of a kiwi fruit or grape, bearing rows of beating "combs."”
“I also obtained here a specimen of the rare green jungle-fowl (Gallus furcatus), whose back and neck are beautifully scaled with bronzy feathers, and whose smooth-edged oval comb is of a violet purple colour, changing to green at the base⟳.”
“The head-dress of the Horse Grenadiers consists of a peculiar leather helmet with a comb of bear's skin passing over it from ear to ear and a long scarlet […]”
“The armet has usually a low central cabled comb with parallel flutes on either side, occasionally there are three or five combs.”
“The combs or elbow pieces are beautifully made, and over the right armpit is […]”
“Charles I. (Edinburgh Castle) The Pikeman of the time of James I. was accoutred in a morion-shaped helmet with a comb of moderate size and a flat brim, […]”
“The combs of the wild bees are found on overhanging precipices, and the only means by which they can be reached is to descend from above on narrow cane ladders just wide enough for a man’s foot, and often 300 feet to 400 feet long.”
“But the comb or half quarter is very general in the Eastern counties, particularly in Norfolk.”
“[Regarding a period of agricultural depression] Even on the good land⟳ where the farmer hadn't enough capital to look⟳ after it and have⟳ it properly drained he couldn't hold⟳ on. He'd be getting a yield⟳ of eight combs of wheat and ten combs of barley per acre. But that wasn't good enough: it gave him no leeway. This is understandable when you recollect the price of wheat at that time.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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