combe

variants also coombe or coomb
British

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for combe
Noun
  • Easing out of Glasgow Central station, the Glasgow-to-Mallaig line follows the mighty River Clyde before darting into the wild glens of Loch Lomond.
    James March, Travel + Leisure, 3 Feb. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • Smallmouths are also impacting rainbow and brown trout, two other non-natives that are managed closely in the canyon.
    Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 13 Mar. 2025
  • With its warm wood planking, plentiful resting areas, and plantings of long, waving grasses, the park, no matter how crowded, feels like a calm canyon snaking through crumbling tenements and monumental skyscrapers, offering occasional glimpses of the Hudson River beyond.
    News Desk, Artforum, 13 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • If reaching a safe shelter is not possible, either crouch down in your car and cover your head, or leave your vehicle and seek refuge in a low-lying area like a ditch or ravine.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 16 Mar. 2025
  • If no alternative exists, set up camp in a valley, ravine, or other low-lying areas.
    Southern California Weather Report, Orange County Register, 13 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The dark form of the bear was rounding the ridges and gullies, appearing and disappearing among the brush in the direction of the head of the canyon.
    Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 13 Feb. 2025
  • Fill gullies, add mulch where it’s washed away, ensure downspouts are seated in rain barrels, cisterns, or daylight to spread water over the soil.
    Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Kloss’ landscape prints deftly, insightfully capture the mountains and streams and gorges and cottonwood trees and snow and atmosphere of the terrain in and around Taos.
    Chadd Scott, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
  • Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park spans 31,000 acres of exceptionally rugged, remote terrain that surrounds part of a deep, steep-walled gorge carved into rock by the Gunnison River, McClatchy News reported.
    Brooke Baitinger, Idaho Statesman, 25 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Starting in July, the islands transform into a sea of hydrangeas, with vibrant white, blue and purple blooms lining roads and valleys.
    Emese Maczko, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
  • These early cosmic hills and valleys extend millions of light years across, and in the billions of years after the ACT snapshot, gravity pulled their denser regions inwards to birth stars that then formed the first galaxies.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 18 Mar. 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 23 Mar. 2025.

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