comber
NounUS[koh-mer]/ˈkoʊmɚ/2 syllables
Open English WordNet
Noun (3)
- a person who separates and straightens the fibers of cotton or woolType of worker
- a long curling sea waveType of wave, moving ridge
- a machine that separates and straightens the fibers of cotton or woolType of machine
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Comb′er noun
1. One who combs; one whose occupation it is to comb wool, flax, etc. Also, a machine for combing wool, flax, etc.
2. A long, curling wave.
Com′ber transitive verb
To cumber. obsolete Edmund Spenser
Com′ber noun
Encumbrance. obsolete
Com′ber noun
Zoology The cabrilla. Also, a name applied to a species of wrasse. dialect (England)
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54