molar
/məʊlə(ɹ)/US/ˈmoʊlɚ/
molar noun: a back tooth having a broad surface used for grinding one's food.
Noun (1)
molar (plural molars)
- A back tooth having a broad surface used for grinding one's food.
- Jamie had a molar removed as it was decaying.
- Synonyms:
- cheektooth, grinder, wangtooth
Adjective (1)
molar (not comparable)
- Of or relating to the molar teeth, or to grinding.
Adjective (2)
molar (not comparable)
Noun (2)
molar (plural molars)
- A unit of concentration equal to one mole per litre.
molar meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
molar in Hindi
- back tooth
- दाढ़ dāṛh, चर्वणक carvaṇak
molar in Tamil
- back tooth
- கடைவாய்ப்பல் kaṭaivāyppal
molar in Urdu
- molar, grinder
- ڈاڑھ ḍāṛh
molar in Bengali
- মাড়ির দাঁত, পেষক দন্ত
More languagesFewer languages
- molar in Telugu
- మోలార్, మోలర్
- molar in Malayalam
- അണപ്പല്ല് aṇappallŭ
- molar in Kannada
- ಕಡೆಹಲ್ಲು, ದವಡೆ ಹಲ್ಲು
- molar in Punjabi
- ਮੋਲਰ
- molar in Odia
- ମୋଲାର, ମୋଲାର୍
- molar in Nepali
- मोलर, मोलार
- molar in Tagalog
- bagang
- molar in Arabic
- ضِرْس ḍirs
- molar in Malay
- geraham, gigi geraham
- molar in Indonesian
- geraham, geraman
- molar in Persian
- آسیا âsiyâ, دندان آسیاب dandân e âsyâb, دندان کرسی dandân e korsi, آسیاب âsyâb
- molar in Thai
- กราม graam, ฟันกราม fan-graam, โมลาร์ moo-lâa
- molar in Vietnamese
- răng hàm
- molar in Myanmar
- အံ am, အံသွား amswa:
Examples of molar in a sentence
- By molar fraction, nitric oxide contains equal parts nitrogen and oxygen.
- By molar fraction, calcium oxide contains equal parts calcium and oxygen.
- The third molar tooth erupts late in most people, and sometimes does not appear at all.
Synonyms of molar
Forms of molar
| plural | molars |
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Origin of molar
Inherited from Middle English molar, from Latin molāris (“millstone, molar”).
From mol(e) + -ar in the chemistry usage.
Words formed from molar
- distomolar
- Fournier's molar
- intermolar
- macromolar
- molariform
- molarisation
- molarization
- molarize
- molarlike
- molar masher
- molar tooth
- Moon's molar
- mulberry molar
- premolar
- retromolar
- nonmolar
- attomolar
- equimolar
- femtomolar
- isomolar
- micromolar
- millimolar
- molar concentration
- molar heat capacity
- molarity
- molar mass
- molar solution
- molar volume
- multimolar
- nanomolar
- osmolarity
- picomolar
- submolar
- unimolar
- zeptomolar
Phrases with molar
Words that rhyme with molar
34 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- cajoler
- circumpolar
- dipolar
- high roller
- homopolar
- lunisolar
- multipolar
- poler
- subsolar
- ambipolar
- antisolar
- arteriolar
- bolar
- bronchioalveolar
- bronchiolar
- comptroller
- condoler
- consoler
- droller
- enroller
- equimolar
- extoller
- grolar
- nonsolar
- osmolar
- parietoalveolar
- patroller
- petiolar
- premolar
- pseudobipolar
- reroller
- subpolar
- transpolar
- vacuolar
Questions about molar
- What does molar mean?
- Molar means a back tooth having a broad surface used for grinding one's food.
- What is molar in Hindi?
- Molar in Hindi is दाढ़ (dāṛh), चर्वणक (carvaṇak). See Molar meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is molar?
- Molar can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce molar?
- Molar is pronounced /məʊlə(ɹ)/ (UK).
- What is the plural of molar?
- The plural of molar is molars.
Words near molar in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: molar (page history and authors); ڈاڑھ (Urdu) (page history and authors); molar (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); molar (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); molar (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); molar (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); molar (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); molar (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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