Definitions for combings

combings comb·ings

Spelling: [koh-mingz]
IPA: /ˈkoʊ mɪŋz/

Combings is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 257 anagrams from letters in combings (bcgimnos).

Definitions for combings

plural noun

  1. hairs removed with a comb or a brush.

Origin of combings

First recorded in 1565-75; comb1 + -ing1 + -s3

Examples for combings

There were unseasonable washings, dressings, combings and curlings—admonitions to be "a little gentleman."

They were but just in time, when some dark heads were seen rising up above the combings of the hatchway.

"It wasn't just a tangle, like combings," she went on slowly.

At that instant, an erect and unmoved form stood on the combings of the main hatch.

The water almost reached the combings of the hatches: everybody on deck thought we were gone.

I took down all the combings for the birds and they are crazy about them.

Ten bob I got for Molly's combings when we were on the rocks in Holles street.

Directly his head was below the combings of the hatch, I started to my feet and continued getting aft.

The captain complied, and the Lieutenant was permitted to look into the holds, both of which had loose grain up to the combings.

When she combed her hair, she gathered the combings together.

Word Value for combings
Scrable

15

Words with friends

20

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