a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair
the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds
any of several tools for straightening fibers
ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore
the act of drawing a comb through hair; his hair needed a comb
[ Syn: combing ]
comb (n.)
straighten with a comb; comb your hair'
search thoroughly; They combed the area for the missing child
[ Syn: ransack ]
smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb; comb your hair before dinner; comb the wool
[ Syn: comb out , disentangle ]