how to pronounce combs

/ˈkoʊmz/

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combs is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of combs in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… sean combs were at the top of their game …”

meanings of combs

noun:

Combinations (underwear).
Plural of comb.

name:

A surname.
A village and civil parish in Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM0456).

verb:

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of comb.

combs frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word combs occurs in english on average 1.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics combs can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that combs can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;