American English pronunciation

How to pronounce comb

IPA transcription: ['koʊm]

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Noun

  • a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair

  • the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds

  • any of several tools for straightening fibers

  • ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore

  • the act of drawing a comb through hair

    “his hair needed a comb”

Verb

  • search thoroughly

    “They combed the area for the missing child”

  • straighten with a comb

    “comb your hair”

  • smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb

    “comb your hair before dinner”

    “comb the wool”

Usage examples

  • Rest well tonight, as if you were a warrior preparing for combat.
  • Even during the peace negotiations, combat continued.
  • When introduced, loonie coins were made of Aureate, a bronze-electroplated nickel combination.
  • While in combat, Alita awakens memories of her earlier life on Mars.
  • Faudree specialized in combinatorics, and specifically in graph theory and Ramsey theory.
  • The production of viable ascospores depends on successful recombinational repair during meiosis.
  • This military training is delivered through a Combined Cadet Force structure which is mandatory.
  • The combination of trumpets, violins and a drum set is quite unusual.
  • He graduated top of his class in basic combat training and advanced infantry training.
  • And you won't know how I actually use all the commands in combination.