comber

From Middle English comber, camber, equivalent to comb +‎ -er.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkəʊmə/
• (US) enPR: kōʹmər, IPA^(key): /ˈkoʊmɚ/

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• Homophone: coma (in non-rhotic accents)

comber (plural combers)

1. A person who combs wool, etc.
2. A machine that combs wool, etc.
3. A long, curving wave breaking on the shore.

• (long curving wave): breaker

A comber

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• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒmbə/
• (US) enPR: kämʹbər, IPA^(key): /ˈkɑmbɚ/

comber (plural combers)

1. Serranus cabrilla, the gaper, a fish found in European waters.

• brown comber (Serranus hepatus)
• painted comber (Serranus picta)
• comber wrasse (comb wrasse, Labrus bergylta, syn. Labrus comber)

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