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
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Example Sentences
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The end of the wing was engulfed in white fire that curled upward in a ghastly comber, spitting fragments of molten metal into the air.
From Time Magazine Archive
Watching the rollers lazily, the loafing ones would watch little figures scooting shoreward at the forefoot of a comber, lying flat in the foam or poised excitingly erect on flying surf boards.
From Time Magazine Archive
The image is gripping: Mikhail Gorbachev as the daring surfer, nimbly sliding across a wave, vanishing into the spume, only to reappear, confidently using the giant comber looming over him to increase his speed.
From Time Magazine Archive
Its normal bow wave, increased by the pressure of the turn, grows into a foaming comber.
From Time Magazine Archive
I clambered fore and aft my hulk until a comber split her, keel from ribs, and the big timber floated free; the mast, too, broke away.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
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