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comb | combo |

As verbs the difference between comb and combo

is that comb is (especially of hair or fur) to groom with a toothed implement; chiefly with a while combo is .

As a noun comb

is a toothed implement for grooming the hair or (formerly) for keeping it in place or comb can be (abbreviation) combination.

comb

English

(Wikipedia)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A toothed implement for grooming the hair or (formerly) for keeping it in place.
  • *
  • *:There was also hairdressing: hairdressing, too, really was hairdressing in those times — no running a comb through it and that was that. It was curled, frizzed, waved, put in curlers overnight, waved with hot tongs;.
  • A machine used in separating choice cotton fibers from worsted cloth fibers.
  • A fleshy growth on the top of the head of some birds and reptiles; crest.
  • A structure of hexagon cells made by bees for storing honey; honeycomb.
  • An old English measure of corn equal to the half quarter.
  • *1882 , James Edwin (Thorold Rogers), , Vol.4, p.207:
  • *:But the comb or half quarter is very general in the Eastern counties, particularly in Norfolk.
  • The top part of a gun’s stock.
  • The toothed plate at the top and bottom of an escalator that prevents objects getting trapped between the moving stairs and fixed landings.
  • (music) 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.
  • 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.
  • One of a pair of peculiar organs on the base of the abdomen in scorpions.
  • The curling crest of a wave; a comber.
  • A toothed plate used for creating wells in agar gels for electrophoresis.
  • (weaving) A toothed wooden pick used to push the weft thread tightly against the previous pass of thread to create a tight weave.

    • Synonyms

    * (skin on head of birds) cockscomb, crest

    Coordinate terms

    * (skin on head of birds) caruncle, snood, wattle

    Derived terms

    (Terms derived from "comb") * backcomb * comb-footed spider * comb jelly * combover * currycomb * drop at comb * fine-tooth comb * razor comb * Venus' comb

    Coordinate terms

    * orling

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (especially of hair or fur) To groom with a toothed implement; chiefly with a .
  • To separate choice cotton fibers from worsted cloth fibers.
  • To search thoroughly as if raking over an area with a comb.
  • (nautical) To roll over, as the top or crest of a wave; to break with a white foam, as waves.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (abbreviation) Combination.

    • Anagrams

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    combo

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A small musical group.
    • The jazz combo played nightly at the little restaurant.
  • (slang) A combination.
    • I need to open the safe but I forgot the combo .
    ''I order the low priced combo platter: a taco, a burrito and a chimichanga.
  • (video games) An action composed of a sequence of simpler actions, especially a composite attacking move in a fighting game.
  • * 2002 , Andy Slaven, Video Game Bible, 1985-2002
    • Obviously, this is something not seen very often, with super flashy, combo -driven fighters dominating store shelves everywhere.

    Derived terms

    * combo box * combo deck * popular beat combo

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