"comber" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkəʊmə/ [UK], /ˈkoʊmɚ/ [US] Audio: en-us-comber.ogg Forms: combers [plural]
enPR: kōʹmər [US] Rhymes: (UK) -əʊmə, (US) -oʊmə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English comber, camber, equivalent to comb + -er. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|comber}} Middle English comber, {{af|en|comb|-er|id2=agent noun}} comb + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} comber (plural combers)
  1. A person who combs wool, etc. Translations (person who combs wool): kampaaja (Finnish), λαναράς (lanarás) [masculine] (Greek), ξάντης (xántis) (Greek), postrzygacz [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-comber-en-noun-zRRbRBjG Disambiguation of 'person who combs wool': 79 18 3
  2. A machine that combs wool, etc. Translations (machine that combs wool): дарак (darak) [masculine] (Bulgarian)
    Sense id: en-comber-en-noun-rMkk8dNO Disambiguation of 'machine that combs wool': 20 79 2
  3. A long, curving wave breaking on the shore. Synonyms (long curving wave): breaker Translations (long, curving wave): разбиваща се вълна (razbivašta se vǎlna) (Bulgarian), laine (Finnish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: beachcomber, grass-comber, wool comber, woolcomber
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈkɒmbə/ [UK], /ˈkɑmbɚ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-comber (fish).wav Forms: combers [plural]
enPR: kämʹbər [US] Rhymes: (UK) -ɒmbə, (US) -ɑmbə(ɹ) Etymology: Wikispecies Etymology templates: {{wikispecies|Serranus cabrilla}} Wikispecies Head templates: {{en-noun}} comber (plural combers)
  1. Serranus cabrilla, the gaper, a fish found in European waters. Categories (lifeform): Serranids Derived forms: brown comber (taxonomic: Serranus hepatus), painted comber (taxonomic: Serranus picta), comber wrasse (alt: comb wrasse, Labrus bergylta, syn. Labrus comber) Translations (Serranus cabrilla): χάννη (khánnē) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), قُرْفُص (qurfuṣ) [collective] (Arabic), قُرْفُصَة (qurfuṣa) [singulative] (Arabic), cabra (Asturian), ха́нос (hános) [masculine] (Bulgarian), serrà [masculine] (Catalan), pastellimeriahven (Finnish), perche de mer [feminine] (French), Sägebarsch [masculine] (German), σερράνος (serrános) [masculine] (Greek), χάνος (chános) [masculine] (Greek), ciaradóir [masculine] (Irish), perchia [feminine] (Italian), ка́менный о́кунь-ха́нос (kámennyj ókunʹ-xános) [masculine] (Russian), кањац [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), kanjac [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), cabrilla [feminine] (Spanish), hani (Turkish), asıl hani (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-comber-en-noun-Ig1pXhc~ Disambiguation of Serranids: 2 1 25 72 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English heteronyms, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Asturian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 2 49 43 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 6 4 44 46 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 6 6 43 46 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 2 2 22 31 2 2 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 9 8 38 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 5 5 43 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Asturian translations: 8 5 41 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 7 5 39 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 8 5 38 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 8 5 42 44 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 7 6 42 45 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 6 6 42 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 7 7 41 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 8 5 41 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 6 5 42 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 6 5 42 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 30 4 28 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 5 5 43 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 7 5 41 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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      "word": "grass-comber"
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          "ref": "1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka, Eland, published 2019, page 118:",
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      "homophone": "coma (non-rhotic)"
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      "sense": "long curving wave",
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "person who combs wool",
      "word": "kampaaja"
    },
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "person who combs wool",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "λαναράς"
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      "sense": "person who combs wool",
      "word": "ξάντης"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "person who combs wool",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "darak",
      "sense": "machine that combs wool",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дарак"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "razbivašta se vǎlna",
      "sense": "long, curving wave",
      "word": "разбиваща се вълна"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "long, curving wave",
      "word": "laine"
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}

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      "taxonomic": "Serranus hepatus",
      "word": "brown comber"
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      "taxonomic": "Serranus picta",
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      "roman": "qurfuṣ",
      "sense": "Serranus cabrilla",
      "tags": [
        "collective"
      ],
      "word": "قُرْفُص"
    },
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      "sense": "Serranus cabrilla",
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      "word": "قُرْفُصَة"
    },
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      "code": "ast",
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      "sense": "Serranus cabrilla",
      "word": "cabra"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "hános",
      "sense": "Serranus cabrilla",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ха́нос"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "Serranus cabrilla",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "serrà"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Serranus cabrilla",
      "word": "pastellimeriahven"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Serranus cabrilla",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "perche de mer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Serranus cabrilla",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Sägebarsch"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "serrános",
      "sense": "Serranus cabrilla",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "σερράνος"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "chános",
      "sense": "Serranus cabrilla",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "χάνος"
    },
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      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "khánnē",
      "sense": "Serranus cabrilla",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "χάννη"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "Serranus cabrilla",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ciaradóir"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Serranus cabrilla",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "perchia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kámennyj ókunʹ-xános",
      "sense": "Serranus cabrilla",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ка́менный о́кунь-ха́нос"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Serranus cabrilla",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кањац"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Serranus cabrilla",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kanjac"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Serranus cabrilla",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cabrilla"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Serranus cabrilla",
      "word": "hani"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Serranus cabrilla",
      "word": "asıl hani"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Comber (fish)"
  ],
  "word": "comber"
}

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