CURRYCOMB

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does currycomb mean? 

• CURRYCOMB (noun)
  The noun CURRYCOMB has 1 sense:

1. a square comb with rows of small teeth; used to curry horses

  Familiarity information: CURRYCOMB used as a noun is very rare.

• CURRYCOMB (verb)
  The verb CURRYCOMB has 1 sense:

1. clean (a horse) with a currycomb

  Familiarity information: CURRYCOMB used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CURRYCOMB (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A square comb with rows of small teeth; used to curry horses

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("currycomb" is a kind of...):

comb (a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair)

Derivation:

currycomb (clean (a horse) with a currycomb)

• CURRYCOMB (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Clean (a horse) with a currycomb

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "currycomb" is one way to...):

comb (straighten with a comb)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

currycomb (a square comb with rows of small teeth; used to curry horses)