Tooth
21tooth — /tu:T/ noun plural teeth /ti:T/ (C) 1 IN MOUTH one of the hard white objects in your mouth that you use to bite and chew your food: Brush your teeth twice a day. | I m going to the dentist to have a tooth out. | cut a tooth (=grow a new tooth):… …
22tooth — [OE] Etymologically, a tooth is an ‘eater’. Its ultimate source is the prehistoric Indo European base *ed ‘eat’, which also lies behind English eat and edible. From this was formed the noun *dont , *dent ‘tooth’, whose descendants include Latin… …
23tooth — n.; pl. teeth one of the hard structures in the mouth used for cutting and chewing food. Each tooth is embedded in a socket in part of the jawbone (mandible or maxilla) known as the alveolar bone (or alveolus), to which it is attached by the… …
24tooth */*/*/ — UK [tuːθ] / US [tuθ] noun [countable] Word forms tooth : singular tooth plural teeth UK [tiːθ] / US [tɪθ] 1) one of the hard white objects inside your mouth that you use for biting and for chewing food front/back teeth a loose/missing/broken… …
25tooth — [OE] Etymologically, a tooth is an ‘eater’. Its ultimate source is the prehistoric Indo European base *ed ‘eat’, which also lies behind English eat and edible. From this was formed the noun *dont , *dent ‘tooth’, whose descendants include Latin… …
26tooth — n. & v. n. (pl. teeth) 1 each of a set of hard bony enamel coated structures in the jaws of most vertebrates, used for biting and chewing. 2 a toothlike part or projection, e.g. the cog of a gearwheel, the point of a saw or comb, etc. 3 (often… …
27tooth — noun (plural teeth) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English tōth; akin to Old High German zand tooth, Latin dent , dens, Greek odont , odous Date: before 12th century 1. a. one of the hard bony appendages that are borne on the jaws or in many …
28tooth — (Order Decapoda): Tooth like structure, either in gastric mill of cardiac stomach or referring to blunt, relatively broad projection on outer surface of carapace. In cardiac stomach, one may distinguish one median and two lateral teeth. On… …
29tooth — /tuθ / (say toohth) noun (plural teeth /tiθ / (say teeth)) 1. (in most vertebrates) one of the hard bodies or processes usually attached in a row to each jaw, serving for the prehension and mastication of food, as weapons of attack or defence,… …
30tooth — See gear tooth hunting tooth radiator hose shark tooth pliers …
