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shark's tooth

shark's tooth noun: an obstacle for a horse to jump over, consisting of a fence with a top log rail, with an inverted triangle of logs pointing downward.

Noun

shark's tooth

  1. An obstacle for a horse to jump over, consisting of a fence with a top log rail, with an inverted triangle of logs pointing downward.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see shark, tooth.

Questions about shark's tooth

What does shark's tooth mean?
Shark's tooth means an obstacle for a horse to jump over, consisting of a fence with a top log rail, with an inverted triangle of logs pointing downward.
What part of speech is shark's tooth?
Shark's tooth is a noun.

Words near shark's tooth in the dictionary

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  3. shark week
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  6. shark's tooth
  7. shark-bait
  8. shark-bite
  9. shark-fin
  10. shark-fin soup
  11. shark-finned

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