Combe

Pronunciation

• UK enPR: koÍžom, IPA: /kuːm/
• Homophones: cwm
• Rhymes: -uːm

Alternative forms

• comb
• coomb
• coombe

Origin

Old English cumb, perhaps from a Celtic source (compare Welsh cwm).

Full definition of combe

Noun

1. A valley or hollow, often wooded and with no river.
• 1914, Saki, ‘The Cobweb’, Beasts and Superbeasts:its long, latticed window ... looked out on a wild spreading view of hill and heather and wooded combe.
• SoutheyA gradual rise the shelving combe displayed.
2. A cirque.

Usage notes

Used, especially in South West England, in many placenames