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coom
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coomb
(kuːm) ,combe
,coombe
orcomb
n
1. (Physical Geography) chiefly Southern English a short valley or deep hollow, esp in chalk areas
2. (Physical Geography) chiefly Northern English another name for cirque
[Old English cumb (in place names), probably of Celtic origin; compare Old French combe small valley and Welsh cwm valley]
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combe
(kum, koʊm)n. Brit.
a valley enclosed on all but one side.
[before 1000; Old English cumb valley < British Celtic; compare cwm]
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