combe

American  

[koom, kohm] / kum, koʊm /

Or comb,

noun

British.

1. a narrow valley or deep hollow, especially one enclosed on all but one side.

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combe British  

/ kuːm /

noun

1. variant spellings of coomb

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Etymology

Origin of combe

Old English cumb valley < British Celtic; cwm

Example Sentences

To the west again was a shallow, dry downland combe, perhaps four hundred yards across and overgrown with weeds and rough, yellowing summer tussocks.

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Together they went quickly back to the briars and once more looked into the combe.

From Literature

What wind there was was from the northeast and the fox, coming up the combe from the west, might have broken in upon them without warning.

From Literature

The slope was already in shadow when Campion came running down with the news that he had come face to face with Blackavar and Holly in the upper part of the combe.

From Literature

Then he said, “I not see other rabbits, sir, but a my brother ’e say yellowhammer say is a new rabbits, plenty, plenty rabbits, come to combe over on a morning side.

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