Definitions for cockscombs

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cockscombs cocks·comb

Spelling: [koks-kohm]

IPA: /ˈkɒksˌkoʊm/

Cockscombs is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 28 points.

You can make 159 anagrams from letters in cockscombs (bccckmooss).

Definitions for cockscombs

noun

1. the comb or caruncle of a cock.
2. the cap, resembling a cock'scomb, formerly worn by professional fools.
3. a garden plant, Celosia cristata, of the amaranth family, with flowers, commonly crimson or purple, in a broad spike somewhat resembling the comb of a cock.
4. any of several other species of the genus Celosia.
5. an elongate prickleback, Anoplarchus purpurescens, living among submerged rocks along the Pacific coast of North America.
6. a gaslight burner having four or more jets.
7. coxcomb (def 1).
8. the comb or caruncle of a cock.
9. the cap, resembling a cock'scomb, formerly worn by professional fools.
10. a garden plant, Celosia cristata, of the amaranth family, with flowers, commonly crimson or purple, in a broad spike somewhat resembling the comb of a cock.
11. any of several other species of the genus Celosia.
12. an elongate prickleback, Anoplarchus purpurescens, living among submerged rocks along the Pacific coast of North America.
13. a gaslight burner having four or more jets.
14. coxcomb (def 1).

Origin of cockscombs

Middle English word dating back to 1350-1400; See origin at cock¹, 's¹, comb¹

Examples for cockscombs

Getting tired, I took out my sketch-book and drew Lubuga, the pet, which amused the king immensely as he recognised her cockscomb.

From the shape of the flames this form of burner received the name "cockscomb."

There is a row of narrow green pointed leaves, standing up like a cockscomb behind each row of flowers.

There was the twist round the head, the cockscomb, the hanging piece of liripipe.

cockscomb, crimson and scarlet; two to three feet; August and September.

His hair was cut short, with the exception of a ridge on the top which ran stem to stern, like a cockscomb.

I did not answer, but my face flushed as red as a cockscomb.

There was the twist round the head, the cockscomb, the hanging piece of liripipe.

There is a row of narrow green pointed leaves, standing up like a cockscomb behind each row of flowers.

From the shape of the flames this form of burner received the name "cockscomb."

Getting tired, I took out my sketch-book and drew Lubuga, the pet, which amused the king immensely as he recognised her cockscomb.

cockscomb, crimson and scarlet; two to three feet; August and September.

I did not answer, but my face flushed as red as a cockscomb.

His hair was cut short, with the exception of a ridge on the top which ran stem to stern, like a cockscomb.