name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
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Standard Lemma guide
comber
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈkoʊmɚ/
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UK: /ˈkəʊmə/
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US: kōʹmər
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US: /ˈkoʊmɚ/
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rhymes with (UK) -əʊmə
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rhymes with (US) -oʊmə(ɹ)
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homophone: coma (non-rhotic)
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UK: /ˈkɒmbə/
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US: kämʹbər
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US: /ˈkɑmbɚ/
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rhymes with (UK) -ɒmbə
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rhymes with (US) -ɑmbə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: K OW1 M ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A town in County Down, Northern Ireland (Irish grid ref J4669).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
A person who combs wool, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
A machine that combs wool, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 5
A long, curving wave breaking on the shore.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 6
Serranus cabrilla, the gaper, a fish found in European waters.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 7
a machine that separates and straightens the fibers of cotton or wool
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: machine
noun
Meaning 8
a long curling sea wave
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: wave, moving ridge
noun
Meaning 9
a person who separates and straightens the fibers of cotton or wool
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: worker
History
Etymology
From Middle English comber, camber, equivalent to comb + -er.
Across languages
Translations
26 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: kampaaja — person who combs wool
- Greek: λαναράς (lanarás) — person who combs wool
- Greek: ξάντης (xántis) — person who combs wool
- Polish: postrzygacz — person who combs wool
- Bulgarian: дарак (darak) — machine that combs wool
- Bulgarian: разбиваща се вълна (razbivašta se vǎlna) — long, curving wave
- Finnish: laine — long, curving wave
- Arabic: قُرْفُص (qurfuṣ) — Serranus cabrilla
- Arabic: قُرْفُصَة (qurfuṣa) — Serranus cabrilla
- Asturian: cabra — Serranus cabrilla
- Bulgarian: ха́нос (hános) — Serranus cabrilla
- Catalan: serrà — Serranus cabrilla
- Finnish: pastellimeriahven — Serranus cabrilla
- French: perche de mer — Serranus cabrilla
- German: Sägebarsch — Serranus cabrilla
- Greek: σερράνος (serrános) — Serranus cabrilla
- Greek: χάνος (chános) — Serranus cabrilla
- Ancient Greek: χάννη (khánnē) — Serranus cabrilla
- Irish: ciaradóir — Serranus cabrilla
- Italian: perchia — Serranus cabrilla
- Russian: ка́менный о́кунь-ха́нос (kámennyj ókunʹ-xános) — Serranus cabrilla
- Serbo-Croatian: кањац — Serranus cabrilla
- Serbo-Croatian: kanjac — Serranus cabrilla
- Spanish: cabrilla — Serranus cabrilla
- Turkish: hani — Serranus cabrilla
- Turkish: asıl hani — Serranus cabrilla