comber

Definitions


[ˈkəʊmə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a long curling sea wave
(e.g: the combers, glassy blue-green, moved slowly in)

- a person or machine that prepares cotton or wool for manufacture by separating and straightening the fibres


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[ˈkɒmbə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a small fish that gapes when dead, occurring in shallow waters from the western English Channel to the Mediterranean


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Origin:
mid 18th century: of unknown origin




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