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combsful

combsful is the plural of combful.

Meaning of combful

Noun

combful (plural combfuls or combsful)

  1. Enough to fill a comb (toothed implement).
    • Lucilla remained standing before the glass, arranging her wind-tossed hair; and, in her vehemence, tearing out combfuls, as she pulled petulantly against the tangled curls.1860, [Charlotte Mary Yonge], chapter V, in Hopes and Fears; or, Scenes from the Life of a Spinster, volume I, London: John W. Parker and Son, […], page 240
  2. Enough to fill a honeycomb.
    • If I were to order a small swarm of Ligurians, and on arrival give them half-a-dozen combfuls of brood, but clear of bees, from as many hives, of course they would do well;[…]1879 April 1, H. M. S., “Queries and Replies”, in Charles Nash Abbott, editor, The British Bee Journal, and Bee-Keeper’s Adviser, volume VI, number 72, Southall: […] the Office […]; London: Kent and...

Questions about combsful

What is combsful the plural of?
Combsful is the plural of combful.

Words near combsful in the dictionary

  1. combs out
  2. combs over
  3. combs someone's hair the wrong way
  4. combs through
  5. Combs-la-Ville
  6. combsful
  7. combtooth blennies
  8. combtooth blenny
  9. combure
  10. combured
  11. comburence

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