Synonyms for combe


Grammar : Noun
Spell : koom, kohm
Phonetic Transcription : kum, koÊŠm


Définition of combe

  • As in glen : noun valley
Example sentences :
  • Wild language occupied the way, until we shook farewell at Combe.
  • Extract from : « The Cornwall Coast » by Arthur L. Salmon
  • It is a lovely night; how clear one can see the road on the other side of the combe!
  • Extract from : « The Marriage of Elinor » by Margaret Oliphant
  • I shall hear her say it even when I am in my room, with the combe between.
  • Extract from : « The Marriage of Elinor » by Margaret Oliphant
  • A combe, in west of England parlance, is a deep, ravinelike valley.
  • Extract from : « In Unfamiliar England » by Thomas Dowler Murphy
  • No—the one easiest had, and as likely as any to serve our turn, is the young lady at Combe.
  • Extract from : « It Might Have Been » by Emily Sarah Holt
  • After his death in 1713 his widow married a Mr. Combe, and lived until 1750.
  • Extract from : « The Journal to Stella » by Jonathan Swift
  • To call on a lady somewhere near Richmond, or Combe, I think it is.
  • Extract from : « A Likely Story » by William De Morgan
  • Mr Combe bade fair to be the only man who was to be benefited by the labours of Burke.
  • Extract from : « The Court of Cacus » by Alexander Leighton
  • Combe, Mr., purchase of the "Light of the World" by, i. 67 (note).
  • Extract from : « Arrows of the Chace, v. 2 » by John Ruskin
  • Combe was a man of wealth, who did not disdain the part of money-lender.
  • Extract from : « Summer Days in Shakespeare Land » by Charles G. Harper

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