English Explanatory Dictionary

comb-out

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An act of combing out hair.
  2. The identification and removal of someone or something.
  3. The act of sorting out.

Pronunciation

kōm′out′ /ˈkəʊ̯mˌaʊ̯t/ /ˈkoʊ̯mˌaʊ̯t/ /ˈkəʉ̯mˌæɔ̯t/ /ˈkɐʉ̯mˌæʊ̯t/ /ˈkomˌʌʊ̯t/ /ˈkoːmˌawʈ/

Word forms

comb-out comb-outs

Etymology

Deverbal from comb out. First attested in 1915–1920 (sense 1 and sense 2). First attested in 1940 (sense 3).

Synonyms

teasing
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on C Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary