combe

variants also coombe or coomb
British

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for combe
Noun
  • The glen runs straight through the distillery in an earth-floor warehouse, granting it instant exposure to its naturally abundant environment.
    Brianna Kamienski, USA TODAY, 30 July 2024
  • Beyond the loch itself, guests can head out on foot to explore the hills and glens of The Trossachs National Park.
    Irenie Forshaw, The Week UK, theweek, 25 June 2024
Noun
  • The enormous reservoir sits at the confluence of the U.S. and Mexico borders, and the views offer a mix of steep-walled river canyons and wide-open waterways with 12 public boat ramps and 7 paddling trails.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 30 Jan. 2025
  • One side of our canyon is scorched bare, yet miraculously, firefighters managed to save our little community with 30 structures lost.
    Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • California’s largest fire in 2024 started when a man pushed a burning car into a ravine near Chico.
    Virginia Iglesias, The Conversation, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Advertisement Hirschfield raped Gonsalves and dumped both of the teenagers’ bodies in a ravine about 30 miles east of Davis in Sacramento County, where they were found by police three days later.
    Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The Estonian woman was pinned on the steep, open gully, halfway along a narrow path that traverses it.
    Paul Hockenos, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Rescuers found him in a gully below Esprit Point, and he was taken to a hospital for additional care.
    Ashley R. Williams, CNN, 31 Aug. 2024
Noun
  • The phenomenon results from rapid tidal currents squeezing between two gorges, making the water rush as quickly and dramatically as, well, a waterfall, only horizontally.
    Emily Matchar, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Jan. 2025
  • New River Gorge National Park and Preserve, West Virginia New River Gorge National Park packs an adventurous punch in its svelte 73,000 acres, protecting 53 miles of the class IV New River and the steep, rocky gorge around it.
    Graham Averill, Outside Online, 21 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • In the last decade, fleets of water trucks came to fill the gap, delivering emergency water shipments from nearby valleys.
    Sammy Feldblum, The Dial, 30 Jan. 2025
  • Studies show that the state’s agricultural valley is consuming twice as much groundwater as nature is returning through rain and snow.
    Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • From this elevation west across the deep gulch that existed was one of the toughest pulls of the entire trail.
    Dan Kelly, Kansas City Star, 26 Jan. 2025
  • In the Star Wars: Skeleton Crew premiere, did Wim’s dad seem to find him pretty quickly, considering that that gulch was a long speeder bike ride away from home?
    Charlie Mason, TVLine, 6 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Watson Lake: Enjoy kayaking or paddleboarding, or simply relax and take in the beautiful scenery around this stunning lake surrounded by ancient granite dells.
    Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Fractured and rounded by years of geological upheavals and exposure to the sculpting effects of weather, the dells are a cluster of nooks, crannies and blind curves interrupted by the course of Boulder Creek.
    Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 7 Mar. 2024
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“Combe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/combe. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.

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