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Meanings of comb in English

Russian
гребешок
Portuguese
crista
Catalan
cresta
Spanish
cresta
Wikidata

Crest on the top of the head of some gallinaceous birds.

        Related terms
        гребешок
        Russian
        расчёска
        Portuguese
        pente
        Spanish
        peineta
        Wikidata

        Decorative ornament for the hair having two or more teeth for securing the ornament.

              расчёска
              Portuguese
              pentear
              Catalan
              pentinar
              Spanish
              desenredar

              Smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb.

                    pentear
                    Catalan
                    pentinada

                    The act of drawing a comb through hair.

                          pentinada
                          Usage of comb in English
                          1
                          Lastly, do take a fine comb to your new year's cost budget.
                          The South African
                          2
                          Re-comb to set hairs in place and give a more natural look.
                          Ebony
                          3
                          Melt comb with a small amount of water in a large cauldron.
                          Outlander
                          4
                          The plant comb two refineries and also has a Point Breeze section.
                          Reuters
                          5
                          He probably got the cap when comb-overs were no longer an option.
                          Deadly Décisions
                          6
                          We still have an area of several hundred cubic metres to comb.
                          Firewall
                          7
                          However, the matter of the amethyst comb was uppermost in her mind.
                          The Copy-Cat, and Other Stories
                          8
                          The Hero of the Soviet Union takes a comb from his pocket.
                          Packing for mars: the curious science of life in the void
                          9
                          Mrs. Tobin watched them as she gripped the comb in her hand.
                          Jess of the Rebel Trail
                          10
                          She rinsed with cold water, borrowed Jack's comb then tidied the bed.
                          Millionaire's women
                          11
                          They also would beat up and destroy the comb-pot of the outsider.
                          Our Legal Heritage : 600-1776 King Aethelbert - King George III
                          12
                          We three people turned and walked toward the comb of the reef.
                          Police!!!
                          13
                          And there was Mrs. Waugh, with the great-tooth comb in her hand.
                          The Missing Bride
                          14
                          In this study, HA was extracted from rooster comb using different solvents.
                          Pubmed
                          15
                          Who knows, there might be an old comb in the same pocket.
                          Shallow Soil
                          16
                          She wore a silver comb in her dark hair and no jewels.
                          Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 / of Sixty Years in the National ...
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                          Translations for comb
                          Comb through the time
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                          United Kingdom
                          Common
                          United States of America
                          Common