combe

or comb, coomb, coombe

[ koom, kohm ]

/ kum, koʊm /

noun British.

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

Words nearby combe

combat trousers, combat zone, combat-ready, combatant, combative, combe, combe-capelle man, combed yarn, comber, comber board, combinable

Origin of combe

Old English cumb valley < British Celtic; cf. cwm

Definition for coombe (2 of 2)

coomb¹

or coombe

[ koom, kohm ]

/ kum, koʊm /

noun

combe.

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Examples from the Web for coombe

"Please sit down, Nurse," Coombe spoke hastily and placed a chair as he spoke.
Robin|Frances Hodgson Burnett
Six weeks later Coombe was driven again up the climbing road to Darreuch.
Robin|Frances Hodgson Burnett
He next called upon parson Richards, at Coombe, in Tinney, where he got a shilling and a shift.
The Surprising Adventures of Bampfylde Moore Carew|Unknown
Up in the Coombe with chummies and streetwalkers and then the rest of the year sober as a judge.
Ulysses|James Joyce

"Which was what we were obliged to do ourselves, by the way," Coombe threw in as a contribution.
Robin|Frances Hodgson Burnett

British Dictionary definitions for coombe (1 of 2)

combe

comb

/ (kuːm) /

noun

variant spellings of coomb

British Dictionary definitions for coombe (2 of 2)

coomb

combe, coombe or comb

/ (kuːm) /

noun

mainly Southern English a short valley or deep hollow, esp in chalk areas

mainly Northern English another name for cirque

Word Origin for coomb

Old English cumb (in place names), probably of Celtic origin; compare Old French combe small valley and Welsh cwm valley

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