n.
Pronunciation: ' k ō m
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English camb; akin to Old High German kamb comb, Greek gomphos tooth
Date: before 12th century
1 a : a toothed instrument used especially for adjusting, cleaning, or confining hair b : a structure resembling such a comb especially : any of several toothed devices used in handling or ordering textile fibers c : CURRYCOMB
2 a : a fleshy crest on the head of the domestic chicken and other domestic birds b : something (as the ridge of a roof) resembling the comb of a cock
3 : HONEYCOMB
– combed \ ' k ō md \ adjective
– comb · like \ ' k ō m- ˌ l ī k \ adjective