comb

toothed device used for styling, cleaning and managing hair and scalp
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comb

Summary

comb ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (431 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • comb is made of wood[2].
  • comb is made of metal[3].
  • comb is made of galalith[4].
  • comb is made of thermosetting polymer[5].
  • comb is a type of personal hygiene item[6].
  • comb is a type of hairstyling tool[7].
  • comb is a type of toilet article[8].
  • comb is used for hair care[9].
  • comb is used for hairstyle[10].
  • comb is used for hair straightening[11].
  • comb is used for removal[12].
  • comb is used for harvest[13].
  • comb is used for combing[14].
  • comb's Commons category is recorded as Combs[15].
  • comb's said to be the same as is recorded as Q12895319[16].
  • comb's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Combs[17].
  • comb's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[18].
  • comb's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[19].
  • comb's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[20].
  • comb's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[21].
  • comb's different from is recorded as comb[22].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include personal hygiene item[6], hairstyling tool[7], and toilet article[8].

Use and Application

Recorded has use include hair care[9], hairstyle[10], hair straightening[11], removal[12], harvest[13], and combing[14].

Why It Matters

comb ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (431 views/month).[1] comb has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] comb is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Said to be the same as Q12895319
    Different from comb
    Aliases
    Topic's main category Category:Combs
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 38112, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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