dent
/dɛnt/
dent noun: a shallow deformation in the surface of an object, produced by an impact.
Noun (1)
dent (plural dents)
- A shallow deformation in the surface of an object, produced by an impact.
- The crash produced a dent in the left side of the car.
- A minor effect made upon something.
- to make a dent
- "Case Of You" (#67, 1980), a single on the Scotti Brothers label, was Frank's first chart dent.1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 392
- A type of maize/corn with a relatively soft outer hull, and a soft type of starch that shrinks at maturity to leave an indentation in the surface of the kernel.
- A sudden negative change, such as loss, damage, weakening, consumption or diminution, especially one produced by an external force, event or action
- That purchase put a bit of a dent in my wallet.
- Andy Carroll's first goals since his £35m move to Liverpool put a dent in Manchester City's Champions League hopes as they were emphatically swept aside at Anfield.2011 April 11, Phil McNulty, “Liverpool 3 - 0 Man City”, in BBC Sport
Verb
dent (third-person singular simple present dents, present participle denting, simple past and past participle dented)
- To impact something, producing a dent.
- To develop a dent or dents.
- Copper is soft and dents easily.
Noun (2)
dent (plural dents)
- A tooth, as of a card, a gear wheel, etc.
- A slot or a wire in a reed.
- Centering for a weaving width of 15 7/15", sley 2 ends per dent in a 15-dent reed, or centering for a width of 15 5/10", sley 3 ends per dent in a 10-dent reed.2026, Shelby Moravec, “Flight of the Dragonflies Scarf”, in Handwoven, volume XLVII, number 1, page 28
Proper noun capitalized: Dent
Dent (countable and uncountable, plural Dents)
- A village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref SD7086).
- A surname.
dent meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
dent in Hindi
- डेंट, डेंट करना
dent in Tamil
- குழி, தழும்பு, வடு, நூல் செல் சந்து, பள்ளம், ஒடுக்கம்
dent in Marathi
- डेंट
dent in Urdu
- دانتا, نشان لگانا
More languagesFewer languages
- dent in Bengali
- ডেন্ট
- dent in Telugu
- లొత్త lotta, టొంకు ṭoṅku, పొక్కిలి pokkili
- dent in Malayalam
- ചളുക്കുക caḷukkuka, ചളുങ്ങുക caḷuṅṅuka
- dent in Kannada
- ಕಚ್ಚು, ನೆಗ್ಗು, ತಗ್ಗು, ನಗ್ಗು
- dent in Punjabi
- ਡੈਂਟ
- dent in Gujarati
- ડેન્ટ
- dent in Odia
- ଡେଣ୍ଟ୍, ଡେଣ୍ଟ
- dent in Nepali
- डेन्ट, डेंट
- dent in Tagalog
- piing
- dent in Thai
- รอยบุ๋ม, รอยบุบ
- dent in Vietnamese
- vết lõm
- Dhivehi
- ގޮނބި goᵐbi
Examples of dent in a sentence
- The right wing of the car met the column in the garage, leaving a dent.
- Will this one do? It's got a dent in it. – Yeah, it'll be fine, I guess.
- It looked suspiciously like a molding-compound repair of a dent.
Forms of dent
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | dents |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | dents |
| present participle | denting |
| past participle | dented |
| past | dented |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Dents |
Origin of dent
From Middle English dent, dente, dint (“a blow; strike; dent”), from Old English dynt (“blow, strike, the mark or noise of a blow”), from Proto-Germanic *duntiz (“a blow”). Akin to Old Norse dyntr (“dint”). Doublet of dint.
From French dent, from Latin dēns, dentis (“tooth”). Doublet of dens and tooth.
Words formed from dent
Phrases with dent
Words that rhyme with dent
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- repent
- ascent
- rent
- resent
- scent
- absent
- augment
- cement
- content
- extent
- fragment
- lent
- prevent
- anent
- consent
- dissent
- percent
- relent
- spent
- Tashkent
- tent
- accent
- circumvent
- convent
- discontent
- intent
- invent
- went
- %
- assent
- dement
- ferment
- foment
- gent
- Gwent
- incent
- lament
- malcontent
- reinvent
- stent
- underrepresent
- attent
- big tent
- blent
- detent
- diapertent
- djent
- ent
Questions about dent
- What does dent mean?
- Dent means a shallow deformation in the surface of an object, produced by an impact.
- What is dent in Hindi?
- Dent in Hindi is डेंट, डेंट करना. See Dent meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is dent?
- Dent can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce dent?
- Dent is pronounced /dɛnt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of dent?
- The plural of dent is dents.
Words near dent in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: dent (page history and authors); Dent (page history and authors); dent (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dent (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); dent (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dent (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); dent (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); టొంకు (Telugu) (page history and authors); dent (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); dent (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dent (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dent (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dent (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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