coomb
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coomb¹
- /kuːm/
Rhymes with -uːm
Where it comes from
From Middle English *coumb, *comb, *cumb (> Scots cumb, coom (“tub, cistern”)), from Old English cumb (“a vessel; a liquid measure”), from Proto-West Germanic *kumb, from Proto-Germanic *kumbaz (“bowl, vessel”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to bend, curve”). Cognate with Dutch kom (“basin, bowl”), German Kumpf (“bowl”).
noun coombs · comb
- A tub or vat, especially used in brewing.
- An old English measure of corn (e.g., wheat), equal to half a quarter or 4 bushels. It was equal to half a quarter, i.e. is identical with the coomb of the eastern counties.
coomb²
- /kuːm/
Rhymes with -uːm
noun coombs
- Alternative spelling of combe From the centre of each side of this tree-bound square ran avenues east, west, and south into the wide expanse of corn-land and coomb to the distance of a mile or so.
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title = {coomb},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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