comber

Noun (1)

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.
   • The mighty combers crashed down with long echoing reverberations like the roar of great cannons, followed by the ominous swish of broken water rushing across the reef in mad clouds of foam and spray.1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka, Eland, published 2019, page 118

   Synonyms:

   breaker

Noun (2)

UK/ˈkɒmbə/US/ˈkɑmbɚ/

comber (plural combers)

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

Proper noun capitalized: Comber

Comber (countable and uncountable, plural Combers)

1. A surname.
2. A town in County Down, Northern Ireland (Irish grid ref J4669).