Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

comb test

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.51 in modern English

Syllables: com-b test
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A test for whether a substance should be considered a male sex hormone.

noun

A method of determining racial identity, based on how easily a comb passes through a person's hair.

Example Sentences

"In addition to the comb test, physiologists applied assays based on changes in fat deposits, body length and weight, and hair growth, in rats and guinea-pigs."
""How'd your in-laws feel about you marryin' your wife? Maybe you could pass the paper bag test and the comb test, but your old man had dark skin, kinky hair, and he was a dyed-in-wool bapistst from out in the sticks.""

Inflected Forms

comb tests (plural)

Phrases

pencil test

Frequently Paired Words

pencil test

Synonyms

cock's comb test fine-tooth comb test

Questions

What does comb test mean?: A test for whether a substance should be considered a male sex hormone.

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