comber

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈkəʊmə/
• (America) enPR: kōʹmər, IPA: /ˈkoʊmɚ/

Noun

comber (plural combers)

1. A person who combs wool, etc.
2. A machine that combs wool, etc.
3. A long, curving wave breaking on the shore.
   • 1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka (republished by Eland, 2019; p. 118):

     The mighty combers crashed down with long echoing reverberations like the roar of great cannons, followed by the ominous swish of broken water rushing across the reef in mad clouds of foam and spray.

Synonyms

• (long curving wave) breaker

Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈkɒmbə/
• (America) enPR: kämʹbər, IPA: /ˈkɑmbɚ/

Noun

comber (plural combers)

1. Serranus cabrilla, the gaper, a fish found in European waters.

Translations

• French: perche de mer
• Italian: perchia

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