Comber: Definition and part of speech

Comber

  1. n. The cabrilla. Also, a name applied to a species of wrasse.
  2. n. One who combs; one whose occupation it is to comb wool, flax, etc. Also, a machine for combing wool, flax, etc.
  3. n. A long, curling wave.
  4. v. t. To cumber.
  5. n. Encumbrance.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

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