coomb
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coom.
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coom or coomb (kuːm) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| dialect chiefly (Scot), (Northern English) waste material, such as dust from coal, grease from axles, etc | |
| [C16 (meaning: soot): probably a variant of | |
| coomb or coomb | |
| —n | |
| [C16 (meaning: soot): probably a variant of | |
| coomb, combe, coombe or comb (kuːm) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | chiefly (Southern English) a short valley or deep hollow, esp in chalk areas |
| 2. | chiefly (Northern English) another name for cirque |
| [Old English cumb (in place names), probably of Celtic origin; compare Old French combe small valley and Welsh cwm valley] | |
| combe, combe, coombe or comb | |
| —n | |
| [Old English cumb (in place names), probably of Celtic origin; compare Old French combe small valley and Welsh cwm valley] | |
| coombe, combe, coombe or comb | |
| —n | |
| [Old English cumb (in place names), probably of Celtic origin; compare Old French combe small valley and Welsh cwm valley] | |
| comb, combe, coombe or comb | |
| —n | |
| [Old English cumb (in place names), probably of Celtic origin; compare Old French combe small valley and Welsh cwm valley] | |
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Word Origin & History
coomb
"deep hollow or valley, especially on flank of a hill," mainly surviving in place names, from O.E. cumb, probably a British word, from Celt. base *kumbos (cf. Welsh cwm in same sense).
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