[
US
/ˈkoʊmɝ/
]
NOUN
- a person who separates and straightens the fibers of cotton or wool
- a long curling sea wave
- a machine that separates and straightens the fibers of cotton or wool
How To Use comber In A Sentence
- Fishing floats have always been irresistible bounty for beachcombers.
- I hear dark rumors that she has her enemies duct taped to comfortable recliners and forced to watch Beachcombers episodes until they eat their own weight in bran loaf! Archive 2007-09-01
- His style was a mixture of wit, sharpness and schoolboy sarcasm, with large shots of Wodehouse and Beachcomber.
- That tends to dry out in the sun and sand, much like a beachcomber's skin.
- There are no painted signs to repel native beachcombers and yet it seems the indigenous people know instinctively where to tread, where not to go.
- The sun is a bright Caribbean yellow, made even richer by the tropical blue sky, and even though it's only mid-morning, barefooted beachcombers weave along the water's edge to keep the soles of their feet cool.
- By what right did this ragged beachcomber, in dungaree trousers and a cotton shirt, suggest such a thing as peace and content to him and his overwrought, exhausted soul? THE SEED OF McCOY
- Then a heavy comber shook my plane violently, tossing me from the cockpit into the water.
- Boats work too, of course, but for many fishermennothing will do but a waist-high immersion in seething foam while hurling plugsor bait into combers kicked up by an autumn nor'easter. How to Catch Fall Stripers: It's Not Easy, but It's Worth It
- On the opposite side of the stage bassist Brad Merritt was wearing - you guessed it - a black t-shirt and jeans, but with the added twist of a toque that would make the Beachcombers proud.