"coomb" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kuːm/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-coomb.wav [Southern-England] Forms: coombs [plural]
Rhymes: -uːm Etymology: From Middle English *comb, *cumb (> Scots cumb, coom (“tub, cistern”)), from Old English cumb (“a vessel; a liquid measure”), from Proto-Germanic *kumbaz (“bowl, vessel”). Compare German Kumpf (“bowl”). Alternatively, perhaps from Latin cumba (“boat, tomb of stone”), from Ancient Greek κύμβη (kúmbē, “hollow of a vessel, cup, boat”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|*comb}} Middle English *comb, {{m|enm|*cumb}} *cumb, {{l|sco|cumb}} cumb, {{l|sco|coom||tub, cistern}} coom (“tub, cistern”), {{inh|en|ang|cumb||a vessel; a liquid measure}} Old English cumb (“a vessel; a liquid measure”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*kumbaz||bowl, vessel}} Proto-Germanic *kumbaz (“bowl, vessel”), {{cog|de|Kumpf||bowl}} German Kumpf (“bowl”), {{der|en|la|cumba||boat, tomb of stone}} Latin cumba (“boat, tomb of stone”), {{der|en|grc|κύμβη||hollow of a vessel, cup, boat}} Ancient Greek κύμβη (kúmbē, “hollow of a vessel, cup, boat”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} coomb (plural coombs)
  1. An old English measure of corn (e.g., wheat), equal to half a quarter or 4 bushels. Synonyms: comb
    Sense id: en-coomb-en-noun-fdn~okN5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 86 14
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /kuːm/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-coomb.wav [Southern-England] Forms: coombs [plural]
Rhymes: -uːm Etymology: From Old English cumb, from Proto-Brythonic *komm (compare Welsh cwm), from Proto-Celtic *kumbā. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|ang|cumb}} Old English cumb, {{der|en|cel-bry-pro|*komm}} Proto-Brythonic *komm, {{cog|cy|cwm}} Welsh cwm, {{der|en|cel-pro|*kumbā}} Proto-Celtic *kumbā Head templates: {{en-noun}} coomb (plural coombs)
  1. Alternative spelling of combe Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: combe
    Sense id: en-coomb-en-noun-jYXUz~P6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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