Meaning of combe | Babel Free

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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