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currycomb

noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A comb or brush, having rubber or plastic teeth, used to groom horses.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To groom using such a comb.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

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3

noun

Meaning 3

a square comb with rows of small teeth; used to curry horses

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: comb

4

verb

Meaning 4

clean (a horse) with a currycomb

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: comb

History

Etymology

From curry + comb.

Across languages

Translations

33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: roskam — a comb or brush used to groom horses
  • Azerbaijani: qaşov — a comb or brush used to groom horses
  • Catalan: estríjol — a comb or brush used to groom horses
  • Dutch: roskam — a comb or brush used to groom horses
  • Esperanto: striglilo — a comb or brush used to groom horses
  • Finnish: suka — a comb or brush used to groom horses
  • French: étrille — a comb or brush used to groom horses
  • German: Striegel — a comb or brush used to groom horses
  • Ancient Greek: ψήκτρα (psḗktra) — a comb or brush used to groom horses
  • Ido: striglo — a comb or brush used to groom horses
  • Italian: striglia — a comb or brush used to groom horses
  • Luxembourgish: Strigel — a comb or brush used to groom horses
  • Norwegian Bokmål: strigle — a comb or brush used to groom horses
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: strigle — a comb or brush used to groom horses
  • Persian: قشو (qašow) — a comb or brush used to groom horses
  • Plautdietsch: Schrop — a comb or brush used to groom horses
  • Polish: zgrzebło — a comb or brush used to groom horses
  • Romanian: țesală — a comb or brush used to groom horses
  • Serbo-Croatian: česalo — a comb or brush used to groom horses
  • Spanish: almohaza — a comb or brush used to groom horses
  • Tagalog: almohasa — a comb or brush used to groom horses
  • Turkish: kaşağı — a comb or brush used to groom horses
  • Ottoman Turkish: قاشاغی (kaşağı) — a comb or brush used to groom horses
  • Ottoman Turkish: فرجول (fircevl) — a comb or brush used to groom horses
  • Welsh: ysgrafell — a comb or brush used to groom horses
  • Catalan: estrijolar — to groom
  • Finnish: sukia — to groom
  • German: striegeln — to groom
  • Norwegian Bokmål: strigle — to groom
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: strigla — to groom
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: strigle — to groom
  • Turkish: kaşağılamak — to groom
  • Ottoman Turkish: قاشاغیلامق (kaşağılamak) — to groom