English dictionary definition of:

comb


Noun

  • a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair
  • the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds
  • any of several tools for straightening fibers
  • ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore
  • the act of drawing a comb through hair

Verb

  • straighten with a comb
  • search thoroughly
  • smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb

Thesaurus

cockscomb   combing   coxcomb   disentangle   ransack  

Scrabble score for comb


Scrabble score = 10

generated at 08:56:51 on 17-05-22

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