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comb

  • noun
  • kōm

A toothed implement

Other meanings

  1. A toothed implement for grooming the hair or (formerly) for keeping it in place.

  2. A machine used in separating choice cotton fibers from worsted cloth fibers.

Word history

From Old English "camb".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “comb” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.