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Plural of comb

regular plural

The plural of comb is combs.

Forms of comb

Singularcomb /kəʊm/
Pluralcombs /kəʊmz/
Countablecountable

Combs in a sentence

  • Ctenophores are mostly planktonic creatures about the size and shape of a kiwi fruit or grape, bearing rows of beating "combs."2001, Julian Sprung, Invertebrates: A Quick Reference Guide, page 35
  • Plain morions with riveted rims, none of your apprentice piece Spanish combs.2018, Nicholas Carter, Black Tom's Red Army, Canelo, →ISBN. From the entry lobster pot
  • Far away, a satellite-guided agribiz monster, practically robotic, combs through the rolling fields.2018, Richard Powers, The Overstory, Toronto: Vintage Canada. From the entry agribiz
  • Combs took a sip of his coffee and recoiled, forgetting how hot it was.2015, Anthony Tyler, A Cold Dead Place, →ISBN. From the entry a magician never reveals his secrets
  • Lucille wore one of those little smidgins of hats held on by inturned combs.1962 July, John Steinbeck, “Part 1”, in Travels with Charley in Search of America, London: William Heinemann, published 1962, →OCLC, page…. From the entry smidgen

Meaning of comb

  1. noun A toothed implement for grooming the hair or (formerly) for keeping it in place.
  2. noun A machine used in separating choice cotton fibers from worsted cloth fibers.
  3. noun The toothed plate at the top and bottom of an escalator that prevents objects getting trapped between the moving stairs and fixed landings.

Full definition of comb

Questions about the plural of comb

What is the plural of comb?
The plural of comb is combs.
Is comb countable?
Comb is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: comb (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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