Word: Tooth
How to pronounce: tuːθ
Noun
Definitions:
1. Each of a set of hard, bony enamel-coated structures in the jaws of most vertebrates, used for biting and chewing.
Example sentences: "He clenched his teeth"
2. A projecting part on a tool or other instrument, especially one of a series that function or engage together, such as a cog on a gearwheel or a point on a saw or comb.
Example sentences: "Desargues proposed cycloidal teeth for gear wheels in the 1630's."
3. An appetite or liking for a particular thing.
4. Roughness given to a surface to allow color or glue to adhere.
Example sentences: "The paper used in copying machines is good as it has tooth and takes ink well"
Synonyms:
tine
cog
dental
dentist
serration
denticle
prongs
gear
serrated
dentate
bad tooth
painful tooth
deciduous tooth
claws
canine tooth
canine
Derivations:
toothed
toothless
toothsome
Toot
toothing
toothy
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Tooth in Other Languages...
Spanish: Diente
German: Zahn
French: Dent
Italian: Dente
Turkish: Dişli
