Definizione monolingua

comb

comb (third-person singular simple present combs, present participle combing, simple past and past participle combed)

1. To groom the hair with a toothed implement.
2. To separate choice cotton fibers from worsted cloth fibers.
3. To search thoroughly as if raking over an area with a comb.

comb (plural combs)

1. A toothed implement for grooming the hair.
2. A machine used in separating choice cotton fibers from worsted cloth fibers.
3. A fleshy growth on the top of the head of some birds and reptiles; crest.
4. A structure of hexagon cells made by bees for storing honey; honeycomb.
5. An old English measure of corn equal to the half quarter.

   1882, But the comb or half quarter is very general in the Eastern counties, particularly in Norfolk. — James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 4, page 207.

6. The top part of a gun’s stock.
7. the toothed plate at the top and bottom of an escalator that prevents objects getting trapped between the moving stairs and fixed landings.
8. (music) the main body of a harmonica containing the air chambers and to which the reed plates are attached.

Definizione dizionario comb

	pettine
	toothed implement for grooming the hair
	Strumente formato da dentini che serve a pettinare i capelli.
	A toothed implement for grooming the hair.

	pettinare
	to groom the hair with a toothed implement

	cresta
	fleshy growth on the top of the head of some birds and reptiles
	Cespuglio di peli che si trova sulla testa di alcuni uccelli.
	A tuft of fur present on the head of certain birds.

carda

cardare

crista

favo

lisca

rastrellare

setacciare

spigolo

striglia

strigliare

Altri significati:

structure of cells made by bees

To groom the hair with a toothed implement.

the toothed plate at the top and bottom of an escalator that prevents objects getting trapped between the moving stairs and fixed landings.

An old English measure of corn equal to the half quarter.

to separate choice cotton fibers from worsted cloth fibers

(music) the main body of a harmonica containing the air chambers and to which the reed plates are attached.

A structure of hexagon cells made by bees for storing honey; honeycomb.

A fleshy growth on the top of the head of some birds and reptiles; crest.

A machine used in separating choice cotton fibers from worsted cloth fibers.

To search thoroughly as if raking over an area with a comb.

To separate choice cotton fibers from worsted cloth fibers.

The top part of a gun’s stock.

untangle (hair)

to search thoroughly as if raking over an area with a comb