comber
Americannoun
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a person, tool, or machine that combs wool, flax, etc
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a long curling wave; roller
Etymology
Origin of comber
Example Sentences
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Raimondi’s team created a Web site for interested divers and tide-pool combers to contribute photographs and observations of sea stars in the wild.
From Scientific American
John McCarthy, of WA Coastal & Marine, thanked scallop divers, beach combers, dive clubs and also scientists at the Scottish Association of Marine Science, near Oban, for their help with the research.
From BBC
The giant squid’s fame, its tentacles touching Norse mythology, monster sightings by sailors and beach combers and the science fiction of Jules Verne, flows in large part from the animal’s mystery.
From The Guardian
Somewhere in the mist the big combers crashed upon a hammered beach.
From Project Gutenberg
Indeed, any southerly gale is dangerous, for the whirling squalls slew a small boat around until broadside to the combers, and then the end comes before the unfortunate gold hunter has time to think twice.
From Project Gutenberg
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