Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

carding-comb

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.45 in modern English

Syllables: card-ing--comb
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A specialised comb with a flat surface covered by serried ranks of fine teeth used to disentangle the fibres of wool prior to spinning.

Example Sentences

"The other woman took a pair of carding-combs and began to card, but she had no wool upon them."

Inflected Forms

carding-combs (plural)

Questions

What does carding-comb mean?: A specialised comb with a flat surface covered by serried ranks of fine teeth used to disentangle the fibres of wool prior to spinning.

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