comber

[ koh-mer ]

noun

1. a person or thing that combs.
2. a long, curling wave.

comber

/ ˈkəʊmə /

noun

1. a person, tool, or machine that combs wool, flax, etc
2. a long curling wave; roller

Word History and Origins

Origin of comber¹

First recorded in 1640–50; comb + -er ¹

Example Sentences

Although Christopher's father was only a poor wool comber, he managed to send his son to school at Pavia (pah-vea).

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Full twenty feet of the granite layers were thus submerged and exposed whenever a big comber traveled sheer over the reef.

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He has, indeed, been sometimes made a kinsman of the wool-comber's son.

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Strong demands, truly, for the poor wool-comber's son of Genoa to speak to the dazzling king of Spain!

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For ordinary purposes a sufficiently good quality can be made without a comber.

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