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comby

UK/ˈkəʊmi/US/ˈkoʊmi/

comby adjective: resembling or characteristic of a comb.

Adjective

comby (comparative more comby, superlative most comby)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a comb.
  2. (Cornwall, obsolete) Formed of vertical plates, or combs.
    • a comby lode
    • Some parts of a vein may exhibit a comby structure, while others show no trace of any particular arrangement.1884, John Arthur Phillips, A Treatise on Ore Deposits, page 44
  3. (US) Of a wheel: having a defect consisting of a network of fine cracks covering a small area of the tread.

Forms of comby

comparativemore comby
superlativemost comby

Origin of comby

From comb + -y.

Words formed from comby

Questions about comby

What does comby mean?
Comby means resembling or characteristic of a comb.
What part of speech is comby?
Comby is an adjective.
How do you pronounce comby?
Comby is pronounced /ˈkəʊmi/ (UK).

Words near comby in the dictionary

  1. combustive
  2. combustor
  3. combustors
  4. combusts
  5. combwise
  6. comby
  7. Comcar
  8. Comcars
  9. Comcomally
  10. Comcomly
  11. Comcáac

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