combe

Definitions

1. A valley, often wooded and often with no river
2. A surname.
   countable, uncountable
3. A cirque.
4. A number of places in England:
   countable, uncountable
5. A hamlet and civil parish (without a council) in West Berkshire district, Berkshire (OS grid ref SU3760).
   countable, uncountable
6. A small village in Brixton parish, South Hams district, Devon (OS grid ref SX5452).
   countable, uncountable
7. A hamlet near Scorriton, West Buckfastleigh parish, South Hams district, Devon (OS grid ref SX7068).
   countable, uncountable
8. A hamlet in Malborough parish, South Hams district, Devon (OS grid ref SX7138).
   countable, uncountable
9. A hamlet in Wadhurst parish, Wealden district, East Sussex (OS grid ref TQ6228).
   countable, uncountable
10. A hamlet and civil parish in west Herefordshire, on the border with Wales (OS grid ref SO3463).
    countable, uncountable
11. A village and civil parish in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP4116).
    countable, uncountable
12. A hamlet in Huish Episcopi parish, Somerset, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST4128).
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“its long, latticed window [...] looked out on a wild spreading view⟳ of hill and heather and wooded combe.”

“gradual rise⟳ the shelving combe displayed.”

“You wake⟳ up next morning on what looks like⟳ Salisbury Plain, only here you climb⟳ up the side of every combe, round the end⟳ and out the other side.”

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