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English
[kæm]
noun
Definitions
- A turning or sliding piece which imparts motion to a rod, lever or block brought into sliding or rolling contact with it.
- A curved wedge, movable about an axis, used for forcing or clamping two pieces together.
- (UK) A ridge or mound of earth.
- (rock climbing) A camming device, a spring-loaded device for effecting a temporary belay in a rock crevice.
Etymology
Derived from Dutch, Flemish kam (comb, cog of a wheel, originally).
Origin
Dutch (Brabantic)
kam
Gloss
comb, cog of a wheel, originally
Concept
Semantic Field
Clothing and grooming
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Steadicam English
- Web English
- backcomb English
- beach English
- beachcam English
- belt English
- body English
- bodycam English
- box English
- boy English
- cambelt English
- cambox English
- camboy English
- camgirl English
- cammer English
- camphone English
- camshaft English
- camwheel English
- camwhore English
- camwhoring English
- coaming English
- cockscomb English
- comb English
- combability English
- combable English
- combed English
- comber English
- combest English
- combeth English
- combfish English
- combjelly English
- combless English
- comblike English
- combover English
- combwise English
- cop English
- copcam English
- critter English
- crittercam English
- currycomb English
- face English
- facecam English
- fan English
- fancam English
- fish English
- fishcam English
- flaxcomb English
- girl English
- handicam English
- handy English
- head English
- headcam English
- helmet English
- helmetcam English
- honeycomb English
- horse-comb English
- hover English
- hovercam English
- microcomb English
- minicam English
- nanocam English
- net English
- netcam English
- phone English
- phonecam English
- polycomb English
- recam English
- recomb English
- shaft English
- shaky English
- shakycam English
- sky English
- skycam English
- spy English
- spycam English
- steady English
- trail English
- trailcam English
- twin English
- twincam English
- uncomb English
- webcam English
- webcammer English
- wheel English
- whore English
- whoring English
- webcam Italian
- hanenkam Dutch, Flemish
- kam Dutch, Flemish
- kamsalamander Dutch, Flemish
- kamster Dutch, Flemish
- roskam Dutch, Flemish
- stofkam Dutch, Flemish
- toupeerkam Dutch, Flemish
- webcam Dutch, Flemish
- zakkam Dutch, Flemish
- cam French
- came French
- webcam French
- webcam Portuguese
- comb Middle English
- وبکم Persian
- เว็บแคม Thai
- kam Afrikaans
- *kamb Old Dutch
- kuum̧ Marshallese
- kom Tok Pisin
- konim Tok Pisin
- sky
- fan
- net
- box
- boy
- spy
- cop
- Web
- girl
- comb
- twin
- belt
- head
- face
- body
- fish
- phone
- whore
- shaky
- hover
- wheel
- shaft
- beach
- trail
- handy
- recam
- helmet
- steady
- webcam
- uncomb
- netcam
- camboy
- cambox
- fancam
- recomb
- combed
- skycam
- spycam
- cammer
- copcam
- comber
- cambelt
- combest
- fishcam
- critter
- facecam
- bodycam
- camgirl
- headcam
- minicam
- twincam
- combeth
- coaming
- whoring
- nanocam
- backcomb
- combless
- camwhore
- polycomb
- trailcam
- phonecam
- camphone
- shakycam
- combfish
- combwise
- flaxcomb
- hovercam
- camshaft
- beachcam
- handicam
- camwheel
- combover
- comblike
- combable
- combjelly
- currycomb
- microcomb
- honeycomb
- webcammer
- helmetcam
- cockscomb
- Steadicam
- horse-comb
- camwhoring
- crittercam
- combability