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crossbite

crossbite noun: an occlusal irregularity where a tooth (or teeth) has a more buccal or lingual position than its corresponding antagonist tooth in the upper or lower arcade.

Noun

crossbite (plural crossbites)

  1. An occlusal irregularity where a tooth (or teeth) has a more buccal or lingual position than its corresponding antagonist tooth in the upper or lower arcade.
  2. (obsolete) A deception; a cheat.

Verb

crossbite (third-person singular simple present crossbites, present participle crossbiting, simple past crossbit, past participle crossbitten)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To deceive; to trick.

crossbite meaning in Tamil and Bengali

crossbite in Tamil

பல் உள் திருப்பம், மெல்லல்கடி

crossbite in Bengali

প্রতারণা, ঠকানো, প্রতারণা করা

Forms of crossbite

Noun
pluralcrossbites
Verb
third-person singular presentcrossbites
present participlecrossbiting
pastcrossbit
past participlecrossbitten

Origin of crossbite

From cross + bite.

Questions about crossbite

What does crossbite mean?
Crossbite means an occlusal irregularity where a tooth (or teeth) has a more buccal or lingual position than its corresponding antagonist tooth in the upper or lower arcade.
What is crossbite in Tamil?
Crossbite in Tamil is பல் உள் திருப்பம், மெல்லல்கடி. See Crossbite meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is crossbite?
Crossbite can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of crossbite?
The plural of crossbite is crossbites.

Words near crossbite in the dictionary

  1. crossbill
  2. crossbills
  3. crossbirth
  4. crossbirths
  5. crossbit
  6. crossbite
  7. crossbiter
  8. crossbiters
  9. crossbites
  10. crossbiting
  11. crossbitten

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: crossbite (page history and authors); crossbite (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); crossbite (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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