combnoun [ C ]
uk/kəʊm/us/koʊm/comb noun [ C ] (FOR HAIR)
A2 a flat piece of plastic, wood, or metal with a thin row of long, narrow parts along one side, used to tidy and arrange your hair
a small comb-shaped object that women put in their hair to hold their hair away from their face or for decoration
Examples
- I can't find my brush, but I still have my comb.
- Can I borrow your comb?.
- I always carry a comb in my handbag.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Hair care
- Alice band
- argan oil
- barrette
- brush
- crimp
- curling tongs
- delouse
- gel
- hair lacquer
- hair mousse
- hairgrip
- hairpin
- mousse
- rinse
- roller
- shear
- slick
- slide
- straighteners
- tint
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comb noun [ C ] (CHICKEN)
a soft, red, growth on a chicken's head
Synonym
cockscomb
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The head & neck of non-human animals
- antler
- beak
- bill
- cockscomb
- crest
- crested
- crop
- dewlap
- horn
- horned
- jaw
- muzzle
- neck
- nose
- pouch
- proboscis
- scruff
- snout
- sucker
- tusk
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combverb [ T ]
uk/kəʊm/us/koʊm/comb verb [ T ] (TIDY HAIR)
B1 to tidy your hair using a comb:
She combed her hair and put on some lipstick.
I've been trying to comb out (= remove using a comb) the knots in her hair.
More examples
- I combed my hair before I left home.
- Comb your hair before you have your photo taken.
- She combed her hair with her fingers.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Hair care
- Alice band
- argan oil
- barrette
- brush
- crimp
- curling tongs
- delouse
- gel
- hair lacquer
- hair mousse
- hairgrip
- hairpin
- mousse
- rinse
- roller
- shear
- slick
- slide
- straighteners
- tint
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comb verb [ T ] (SEARCH)
to search a place or an area very carefully in order to find something:
The police combed the whole area for evidence.
Investigators combed through the wreckage.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Searching
- a needle in a haystack idiom
- beachcomber
- bounty hunter
- burrow
- cast around
- dig
- drag
- nose
- once-over
- pick
- pick through sth
- poke
- poke around
- seek
- strip search
- trail
- turn a place inside out idiom
- turn sth upside down idiom
- wanted
- wild-goose chase
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