1. A person who separates and straightens the fibers of cotton or wool
   "The comber carefully prepared the wool for spinning"
    
2. A long curling sea wave
   "The surfers rode the combers as they crashed onto the shore"
    
3. A machine that separates and straightens the fibers of cotton or wool
   "The textile factory used a comber to prepare the raw cotton for spinning"
    
4. A fish of the species Serranus cabrilla, also known as the comber
   "combers are common in the Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic";
   - gaper

Derived forms: combers

Type of: machine, moving ridge, wave, worker

Encyclopedia: Comber, ON