combers
Waves that crest
Combers are long, curling ocean waves that break with a distinctive rolling crest, typically seen approaching a beach or coastline.
The term comes from the way these waves seem to comb through the water as they curl over.
A comber can also refer to a person or machine that combs fibers like wool or cotton in textile processing, straightening and preparing them for spinning.
Waves that collapse shoreward
- crestsHighest points reached
- swellsEnlarges or billows
- whitecapsFoam-topped breaking waves
- rollersRotating cylindrical movers
surf · billows · surges · foam · spray · curl · tube · barrel
breakers
Waves that collapse shoreward
rollers · surf · billows · surges · foam · spray · curl · tube · barrel · sets
carding
Preparing fibers for spinning
textile · spinning · teasing · hackle · preparing · disentangling · staple · roving · sliver · tops
shore
Land bordering water
- shorelineLand-water boundary
- coastlineLand-water boundary
- tidepoolsCoastal rock hollows holding seawater
driftwood · seaweed · sand · shingle · rockpools · wrack · flotsam · spume · strand · beachcombing
- waveswave crest, shock wave, wave front, blast wave, seismic wave
- wave termswave height, wavelength, crest, trough, swell
- sea conditionscalm, choppy, rough, smooth, moderate
combersstill water
Water not flowing
millpond · dead calm · ripples · slack water · cat's paws
- combed throughSearched methodically and completely
- combed one's hairNeatened head strands