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Meaning
Noun
●
A
toothed
implement:
A
toothed
implement
for
grooming
the
hair
or (formerly) for
keeping
it in place.
A
machine
used in
separating
choice
cotton
fibers
from
worsted
cloth
fibers
.
The
toothed
plate
at the
top
and
bottom
of an
escalator
that
prevents
objects
getting
trapped
between the
moving
stairs
and
fixed
landings.
A
toothed
tool
used for
chasing
screws
on
work in
a
lathe
; a chaser.
The
notched
scale
of a
wire
micrometer.
The
collector
of an
electrical
machine
, usually
resembling
a comb.
A
toothed
plate
used for
creating
wells
in
agar
gels
for electrophoresis.
One of a
pair
of
peculiar
organs
on the
base
of the
abdomen
in
scorpions
, with which they
comb
substrate.
●
In Weaving, Firearms & Hair:
A
toothed
implement:
A
toothed
wooden
pick
used to
push
the
weft
thread
tightly
against the
previous
pass
of
thread
to create a
tight
weave.
●
A crest:
A
fleshy
growth on the
top
of the
head
of some
birds
and
reptiles
; crest.
The
top
part of a gun’s stock.
●
In Armor:
A crest:
A
crest
(of
metal
,
leather
, etc) on a
piece
of
armor
, especially on a helmet.
●
A structure of
hexagon
cells made by
bees
for
storing
honey
;
honey
comb.
●
In Music & Toiletries:
The main body of a
harmonica
containing
the
air chambers
and to which the
reed
plates
are attached.
●
A
former
,
commonly
cone-shaped
, used in
hat
manufacturing
for
hardening
soft
fibre.
●
An
old
English
measure
of
corn
equal
to the
half
quarter.
●
The
curling
crest
of a
wave
; a comber.
●
In Algebraic geometry:
A
connected
and
reduced
curve
with
irreducible
components
consisting of
a
smooth
subcurve
(called the
handle
) and one or more
additional
irreducible
components
(called
teeth
) that each
intersect
the
handle
in a
single
point that is
unequal
to the
unique
point of
intersect
ion for any of the other
teeth
.
●
In Cornish English & Mining:
A
kind of
vertical
plate
in a lode.
●
Abbreviation of combination.
●
Alternative form of combe
●
Alternative form of coomb
Verb
●
To
groom
with a
toothed
implement
, especially a comb.
●
To
separate
choice
cotton
fibers
from
worsted
cloth
fibers
.
●
To
search
thoroughly
as if
raking
over an area with a comb.
●
In Nautical:
To
roll over
, as the
top
or
crest
of a
wave
; to
break with
a
white
foam
, as
wave
s.
●
In Firearms:
To
turn
a
vessel
parallel
to (the
track
of) (a
torpedo
)
so as to
reduce
one's
size
as a target.
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Synonyms
Cockscomb
Crest
Combo
Combe
Search
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Hair
Curl
Braid
Trim
Trawl
Shave
Pompadour
Quiff
Pore
Wash
Sift
Wig
Hairstyle
Curls
Pencil
Cut
Skim
Pull
Beard
Rinse
Undercut
Toothpick
Razor
Scrape
Ponytail
Haircut
Sweep
Mohawk
Bun
Fade
Scrub
Pomade
Wax
Wand
Push
Tweeze
Clipper
Blade
Hairbrush
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Mousse
Dig
Slick
Braids
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Spray
Filter
Look
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Slice
Towel
Flat Iron
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Rhymes
Om
Ohm
Rom
Rome
Holm
Tome
Mome
Poem
Comb
Dome
Loam
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Home
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Foam
Prome
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Gnome
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Chrome
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Jerome
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