combe

variants also coombe or coomb
British

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Noun
  • One of the biggest temperate rainforests in the United States, the Hoh Rain Forest is worth visiting just for fantastical trails like the Hall of Mosses and Hoh River Trail that wind through peaceful glens of trees positively dripping with moss.
    Zoe Baillargeon, Travel + Leisure, 20 Apr. 2025
  • In terms of materials, Brown describes their creation as a result of her early success, pointing to 2002’s Figures in a Landscape 2, her six-foot by almost seven-foot painting that sends you back to one of Fragonard’s forest glens, with the female in the gaze of the lurking male.
    Robert Sullivan, Vogue, 17 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The indoor-outdoor flow and natural materials will nod to the surroundings, while a central lodge with 360 canyon views will act as a communal gathering space.
    Nicole Trilivas, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
  • The Gulf would become a shipping channel, with 900-foot tankers traversing its narrow deep-water canyons that great whales and other marine species have evolved over millions of years to depend on for food, communication, mating, shelter and safe passage.
    Joel Reynolds, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 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.
    STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Apr. 2025
  • Four people were killed and another was severely injured on Thursday when their cable car crashed into a ravine in Italy.
    David Matthews, New York Daily News, 18 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Researchers narrowed in on a specific gully in the gorge after first finding hominin teeth on the surface during a field survey between 2010 and 2011, which Njao helped lead with Robert Blumenschine, professor emeritus of evolutionary anthropology at Rutgers University in New Jersey.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Accustomed to flying in the gullies and canyons of Los Angeles County, the pilots understood what this meant.
    Thomas Fuller, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • This scenic gorge captivates in winter, when water rushing over the vertical cliff walls freezes into a silent, crystal cathedral of blue-and-white icicles.
    Lisa Kadane, AFAR Media, 1 Apr. 2025
  • Visitors can get a great tour of the park via the 83-mile scenic drive that offers stunning views of the river and its gorge around every twist and turn of the three-hour journey.
    Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 29 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Multiple rooms in the house also feature floor-to-ceiling windows, giving sweeping views of the rolling mountains and valleys.
    Angel Saunders, People.com, 23 Apr. 2025
  • Witnesses on the ground said the cable car plummeted into the valley below, hitting a pylon on the way down.
    Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 18 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The gulch is in the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.
    Graham Averill, Outside Online, 16 Apr. 2025
  • Press releases from the attorneys general emphasize the gulch between the leaders, a microcosm of their significantly different approaches to running the agency.
    Ella Lee, The Hill, 26 Mar. 2025
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 30 Apr. 2025.

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