tooth
/tuːθ/
A hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for biting and chewing food
- plural
- teeth
Meanings
- 1
A hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for biting and chewing food
Tom is losing his teeth.
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Tom has a sweet tooth.
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- 2
A sharp projection on the blade of a saw or similar implementrare
- 3
A projection on the edge of a gear that meshes with similar projections on adjacent gears, or on the circumference of a cog that engages with a chainrare
- 4
The property of resisting slippage when knottedrare
- 5
A projection or point in other parts of the body resembling the tooth of a vertebrate animalrare
- 6
A pointed projection from the margin of a leafrare
- 7
The rough surface of some kinds of cel or other films that allows better adhesion of artworkrare
- 8
Liking, fondness (compare toothsome)rare
- 9
An irreducible component of a comb that intersects the handle in exactly one point, that point being distinct from the unique point of intersection for any other tooth of the combrare