American English pronunciation
How to pronounce comb
IPA transcription: ['koʊm]
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Noun
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a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair
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the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds
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any of several tools for straightening fibers
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ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore
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the act of drawing a comb through hair
“his hair needed a comb”
Verb
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search thoroughly
“They combed the area for the missing child”
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straighten with a comb
“comb your hair”
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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.