combe
/kuːm/
name 5noun 2
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2ADJ.
round
VERB + COMBE
rise, shelving, side, wooded
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noun
1
A valley, often wooded and often with no river
its long, latticed window [...] looked out on a wild spreading view of hill and heather and wooded combe.
gradual rise the shelving combe displayed.
2
A cirque.
name
1
A surname.
2
A number of places in England:
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A number of places in England:
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A number of places in England:
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A number of places in England:
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its long, latticed window [...] looked out on a wild spreading view of hill and heather and wooded combe.
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gradual rise the shelving combe displayed.
Wiktionary03
You wake up next morning on what looks like Salisbury Plain, only here you climb up the side of every combe, round the end and out the other side.
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