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comber¹

  • /ˈkəʊmə/ UK
  • /ˈkoʊmɚ/ US

Sounds like coma (non-rhotic) · Rhymes with (UK) -əʊmə, (US) -oʊmə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

From Middle English comber, camber, equivalent to comb + -er.

noun combers

  1. A person who combs wool, etc.
  2. A machine that combs wool, etc.
  3. A long, curving wave breaking on the shore. The mighty combers crashed down with long echoing reverberations like the roar of great cannons, followed by the ominous swish of broken water rushing across the reef in mad clouds of foam and spray.

    Similar: breaker

comber²

  • /ˈkɒmbə/ UK
  • /ˈkɑmbɚ/ US

Rhymes with (UK) -ɒmbə, (US) -ɑmbə(ɹ)

noun combers

  1. Serranus cabrilla, the gaper, a fish found in European waters.

Comber³

  • /ˈkoʊmɚ/

proper noun Combers

  1. countable, uncountable A surname.
  2. countable, uncountable A town in County Down, Northern Ireland (Irish grid ref J4669).

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noun person who combs wool

Ελληνικάλαναράς lanarás, ξάντης xántis

noun Serranus cabrilla

Españolcabrilla
Françaisperche de mer
DeutschSägebarsch
Italianoperchia
Ελληνικάσερράνος serrános, χάνος chános
Русскийка́менный о́кунь-ха́нос kámennyj ókunʹ-xános
العربيةقُرْفُص qurfuṣ, قُرْفُصَة qurfuṣa

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@misc{comber_2026,
  title = {comber},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/comber},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}