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41 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —

• comb n. A toothed implement…
• comb n. A crest…
• comb n. A structure of hexagon cells made by bees for storing honey; honeycomb.
• comb n. (Music) The main body of a harmonica containing the air chambers and to which the reed plates are attached.
• comb n. A former, commonly cone-shaped, used in hat manufacturing for hardening soft fibre.
• comb n. An old English measure of corn equal to the half quarter.
• comb n. The curling crest of a wave; a comber.
• comb n. (Algebraic geometry) A connected and reduced curve with irreducible components consisting of a smooth…
• comb n. (Cornwall, mining, obsolete) A kind of vertical plate in a lode.
• comb v. (Transitive, especially of hair or fur) To groom with a toothed implement, especially a comb.
• comb v. (Transitive) To separate choice cotton fibers from worsted cloth fibers.
• comb v. (Transitive) To search thoroughly as if raking over an area with a comb.
• comb v. (Nautical, intransitive) To roll over, as the top or crest of a wave; to break with a white foam, as waves.
• comb v. (Naval, transitive) To turn a vessel parallel to (the track of) (a torpedo) so as to reduce one’s size as a target.
• comb n. (Rare) Abbreviation of combination.. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
• comb n. Alternative form of combe.
• comb. adj. (In dictionaries) combining.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Hungarian
  • comb n. (Anatomy) thigh.
• Maltese
  • ċomb n. (Chemistry) lead (chemical element).
• Middle english
  • comb n. A comb (toothed tool for holding or grooming hair).
  • comb n. An instrument similar to a comb used for differing things.
  • comb n. A comb or wattle (usually of a rooster).
  • comb n. A honeycomb (hexagonal structure of bees).
  • comb n. (Rare) The top of a mount or rise.
  • comb n. (Rare) The palm or the analogous part of the foot.
• Old english
  • comb n. Alternative form of camb.
• Old ruthenian
  • сомъ n. Catfish, sheatfish.

— English words, defined in Dutch —

• comb n. Kam.
• comb w. Kammen.

— English words, defined in French —

• comb n. Peigne.
• comb n. (Anatomie) Crête.
• comb n. (Armement) Busc, partie de la crosse d’un fusil.
• comb v. Peigner.
• comb v. Coiffer.
• comb v. Passer au peigne fin.
• comb v. (Sens figuré) Ratisser.

— English words, defined in Spanish —

• comb v. Peinar.
• comb s. Peine.

— English word, defined in Portuguese —

• comb s. Pente.

— English words, defined in Italian —

• comb s. Pettine.
• comb s. Pettinare.

151 English words from 27 English definitions

Abbreviation add air air␣chambers Algebraic Algebraic␣geometry Alternative analogous Anatomy and are area as␣if as␣to attached bees body break break␣with Can Catfish cells chambers chemical chemical␣element Chemistry choice cloth comb combe comber combination combining commonly components cone cone-shaped connected consisting consisting␣of containing corn Cornwall cotton crest curling curve dictionaries differing element English equal especially example fibers fibre foam foot for form former from fur geometry groom grooming hair half hardening harmonica hat hexagon hexagonal holding honey honeycomb implement instrument intransitive irreducible kind kind␣of lead lode made main manufacturing measure mining mount Music Nautical Naval obsolete of␣a old one over palm parallel part plate plates quarter raking Rare reduce reduced reed rise roll roll␣over rooster search sense separate shaped sheatfish similar size smooth so␣as so␣as␣to soft storing structure target the thigh things this thoroughly tool toothed top torpedo to␣the track transitive turn used usually vertical vessel wattle wave waves which white with worsted

7 English words from 14 foreign definitions

crosse fin fusil Kam Passer Peine Sens

17 foreign words from 14 foreign definitions

Anatomie Armement Busc Coiffer Crête de␣la figuré Kammen partie Passer␣au␣peigne␣fin peigne Peigner Peinar Pente Pettine Ratisser Sens␣figuré

300 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

combe Combe combi combi- combo combs Combs comby combat combed Combee comber Comber combes Combes combis comble combos combats combava Combees combers combest Combest combeth combful combies combine Combine combing combles comboes combust combable combated combater combavas Combe␣Hay combeite Comberow Combests combfish combfoot combfuls combined combiner combines combings combless comblike +250 words

464 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

go␣combo Lacombe Lacombs McCombe McOmber recombs scomber Secombe St␣Combs Ulcombe uncombs Wycombe Anscombe Balcombe Barcombe Barcombs Batcombe Boscombe buncombe Buncombe Chacombe coxcombs coxcomby Duncombe encomber Gatcombe Halcombs Holcombe hot␣combs incomber Larcombe Luccombe Luscombe Malcombs McCombie McOmbers Motcombe Newcombe Newcombs nit␣combs pea␣combs Pitcombe recombed Ruscombe Salcombe scombers scombral scombrid Seacombe Secombes +414 words

70 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

Acomb Lacomb Macomb McComb recomb uncomb Barcomb coxcomb Halcomb Holcomb hot␣comb Malcomb Maycomb newcomb Newcomb nit␣comb pea␣comb sexcomb sex␣comb subcomb Titcomb wax␣comb Afro␣comb backcomb back-comb Baskcomb bluecomb catacomb Claycomb Edgecomb flaxcomb Lipscomb overcomb polycomb rosecomb Rosecomb rose␣comb Whitcomb woolcomb beachcomb cockscomb currycomb curry-comb curry␣comb Dirac␣comb honeycomb horsecomb horse-comb horse␣comb lady's␣comb +20 words

7 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

com COM .com com- com. Com. OMB

4 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

BMO BMOC moc MOC

One anagram (New word found by changing the order of the letters.)

BMOC

18 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

Acomb B.Comm. Bl.␣Com. BMOCs Cambo C-bomb clomb combe Combe combi combi- combo combs Combs comby coomb Cumbo McJob

35 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

bcm BCM BMC BMO BoC BOC BÖC BoM BOM CBM CBO CMB Cmb. CMO cob COB com COM .com com- com. Com. MBC MBO MCB MCO mob Mob MOB moc MOC OBC OCB OMB OMC

33 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

bomb Bomb Camb. CEMB Cemb. cobb Cobb coma come comf comm Comm. Como COMO comp Comp comp. Comp. Comr. coms COMs .coms COMT corb CRMB Cumb Cumb. Cymb. EOMB tomb Tomb womb zomb

11 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

CMB Cmb. cob COB com COM .com com- com. Com. OMB

3 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

C-bomb clomb coomb

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