comb (noun)
1comb — ► NOUN 1) an article with a row of narrow teeth, used for untangling or arranging the hair. 2) a device for separating and dressing textile fibres. 3) the red fleshy crest on the head of a domestic fowl, especially a cock. 4) a honeycomb. ► VERB… …
2comb-out — noun 1. the act of removing tangles from you hair with a comb • Syn: ↑teasing • Derivationally related forms: ↑tease (for: ↑teasing), ↑comb out • Hypernyms: ↑ …
3comb jelly — noun biradially symmetrical hermaphroditic solitary marine animals resembling jellyfishes having for locomotion eight rows of cilia arranged like teeth in a comb • Syn: ↑ctenophore • Hypernyms: ↑invertebrate • Hyponyms: ↑beroe, ↑platyctenean,… …
4comb honey — noun : honey kept intact in the honeycomb * * * comb honey, honey in the comb, or still containing portions of comb; unstrained honey …
5comb binding — UK US noun [U] WORKPLACE ► a method of fastening pages into a book using a long curled piece of plastic cut to fit into holes in the pages: »A comb binding machine is an economical way to make professional looking documents …
6comb rat — noun Etymology: so called from the comblike bristles of the hind feet : the gundi or a related rodent * * * comb rat, = ctenodactyl. (Cf. ↑ctenodactyl) ╂[< the comb shaped bristles on its hind feet] …
7comb-over — «KOHM OH vuhr», noun a hairstyle made by parting the hair and sweeping it sideways over the top of the head, often to cover a bald spot: » He wears his black hair in an unruly comb over, and the dark, craggy features of his face set off a quick… …
8comb jelly — noun A ctenophore. Comb jellies (Ctenophoræ) …
9comb-footed spider — noun a kind of spider that has bristles on its hind feet are comb shaped <!do spiders have hind feet or just feet ? …
10comb — noun 1》 an article with a row of narrow teeth, used for untangling or styling the hair. ↘a short curved comb worn by women to hold the hair in place. 2》 a device for separating and dressing textile fibres. ↘Austral./NZ the lower, fixed… …
