comber
Americannoun
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a person, tool, or machine that combs wool, flax, etc
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a long curling wave; roller
Etymology
Origin of comber
Example Sentences
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The image is gripping: Mikhail Gorbachev as the daring surfer, nimbly sliding across a wave, vanishing into the spume, only to reappear, confidently using the giant comber looming over him to increase his speed.
From Time Magazine Archive
His spinnaker ballooning firm and white, Sturrock caught a great, wind-driven wave under his stern and rode it like a surfboarder on a Pacific comber.
From Time Magazine Archive
She heeled over and nosed into a grey comber.
From Time Magazine Archive
After shipping this comber of sentiment the story rights itself and moves ahead with almost its old blend of sinister excitement, rather brilliant writing, and psychological veracity.
From Time Magazine Archive
I clambered fore and aft my hulk until a comber split her, keel from ribs, and the big timber floated free; the mast, too, broke away.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
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