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💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Combe"

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Word	Definition
capellenoun	(historical) The private orchestra or band of a prince or church.
coombenoun	A number of places in England:
combnoun	A toothed implement:
canyonnoun	A valley, especially a long, narrow, steep valley, cut in rock by a river.
canionnoun	(historical, often in the plural) One of a pair of fitted tubes of cloth worn in Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries below short trunk hose and above stockings to cover the leg in between them, sometimes joined to the hose (sometimes reduced to ornamental rolls terminating the legs of the hose), and sometimes joined to each other as breeches worn under the hose.
coombnoun	An old English measure of corn (e.g., wheat), equal to half a quarter or 4 bushels.
carsenoun	(Scotland) Low, fertile land; a river valley.
couleenoun	A stream, especially one in the western US or Canada, generally smaller than a bayou; it may (or may not) run dry in summer, may be sluggish, shallow, and wide (forming in effect a pond or slough), or may have cut a deep gulch or ravine.
covenoun	A small coastal inlet, especially one having high cliffs protecting vessels from prevailing winds; bight.
coteaunoun	(US, Canada) A hilly upland including the divide between two valleys.
cañonnoun	Alternative spelling of canyon. [A valley, especially a long, narrow, steep valley, cut in rock by a river.]
closed cut valleynoun	Alternative form of closed-cut valley. [(roofing) a method of valley application in which shingles from one side of the valley extend across the valley while shingles from the other side are trimmed back a few inches from the valley centerline.]
alcovenoun	(architecture) A small recessed area set off from a larger room.
cloughnoun	(Northern England, US) A narrow valley; a cleft in a hillside; a ravine, glen, or gorge.
cañadanoun	(US, dialect) Synonym of ravine: a gully, a narrow (often small) canyon.
canadanoun	A country in North America. Capital: Ottawa. Largest city: Toronto.
closed-cut valleynoun	(roofing) a method of valley application in which shingles from one side of the valley extend across the valley while shingles from the other side are trimmed back a few inches from the valley centerline.
valleculanoun	(anatomy, botany) A depression, channel, or groove.
cirquenoun	(geology) A curved depression or natural amphitheatre, especially one in a mountainside at the end of a valley.
croftnoun	An enclosed piece of land, usually small and arable and used for small-scale food production, and often with a dwelling next to it; in particular, such a piece of land rented to a farmer (a crofter), especially in Scotland, together with a right to use separate pastureland shared by other crofters.