Definition of comb

"comb" in the noun sense

1. comb

a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge disentangles or arranges hair

2. comb, cockscomb, coxcomb

the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds

3. comb

any of several tools for straightening fibers

4. comb

ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore

5. comb, combing

the act of drawing a comb through hair

"his hair needed a comb"

"comb" in the verb sense

1. comb

straighten with a comb

"comb your hair"

2. comb, ransack

search thoroughly

"They combed the area for the missing child"

3. comb, comb out, disentangle

smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb

"comb your hair before dinner"

"comb the wool"

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Quotations for comb

Scabby heads love not the comb. [ Proverb ]

Galled horses cannot endure the comb. [ Proverb ]

A scabbed horse cannot abide the comb. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

Comb down his hair; look, look! it stands upright. [ William Shakespeare ]

comb in Scrabble®

The word comb is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 10

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters comb:

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comb in Words With Friends™

The word comb is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 13

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Words within the letters of comb

3 letter words in comb (2 words)

4 letter words in comb (1 word)

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Words containing the sequence comb

Word Growth involving comb

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Longer words containing comb

backcomb backcombed

backcomb backcomber backcombers

backcomb backcombing

backcomb backcombs

beachcomb beachcomber beachcombers

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catacomb catacombs

cockscomb cockscombs

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coxcomb coxcombic coxcombical

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