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dentals

dentals is the plural of dental.

Meaning of dental

Noun

dental (plural dentals)

  1. Cleaning and polishing of an animal's teeth.
    Synonyms:
    prophy
  2. A dental sound.
    • 'Che Normah pronounced the name in the Malay manner, metathetically: Ruperet, the final dental initiated but not exploded.1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 253

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Questions about dentals

What is dentals the plural of?
Dentals is the plural of dental.

Words near dentals in the dictionary

  1. dentalized
  2. dentalizes
  3. dentalizing
  4. dentally
  5. dentalosplenial
  6. dentals
  7. Dentamaro
  8. Dentamaros
  9. dentaries
  10. dentary
  11. dentary bone

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