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- Dictionarycomb/kəʊm/
noun
- 1. a strip of plastic, metal, or wood with a row of narrow teeth, used for untangling or arranging the hair.
- 2. a device for separating and dressing textile fibres.
verb
- 1. untangle or arrange (the hair) by drawing a comb through it: "she combed her hair and put some lipstick on" Similar
- 2. prepare (wool, flax, or cotton) for manufacture with a comb: "the wool had been cleaned and combed" Similar
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COMB definition: 1. a flat piece of plastic, wood, or metal with a thin row of long, narrow parts along one side…. Learn more.
The meaning of COMB is a toothed instrument used especially for adjusting, cleaning, or confining hair. How to use comb in a sentence.
a toothed device of metal, plastic, wood, etc, used for disentangling or arranging hair. a tool or machine that separates, cleans, and straightens wool, cotton, etc. the fixed cutter on a sheep-shearing machine. anything resembling a toothed comb in form or function.
COMB meaning: 1. a flat piece of plastic, wood, or metal with a thin row of long, narrow parts along one side…. Learn more.
A comb is a flat piece of plastic or metal with narrow pointed teeth along one side, which you use to tidy your hair.
noun. /kəʊm/ Idioms. [countable] a flat piece of plastic or metal with a row of thin teeth along one side, used for making your hair neat; a smaller version of this worn by women in their hair to hold it in place or as a decoration. He just had time to wash his face and drag a comb through his hair before going out.
comb. (koʊm) n. 1. a toothed strip of hard material, as plastic, bone, or metal, used to untangle, arrange, or hold the hair. 2. currycomb. 3. any comblike instrument, object, or formation. 4. the fleshy outgrowth on the head of certain roosters. 5. something resembling or suggesting this, as the crest of a wave.
