tooth
/tuːθ//tuθ/
tooth noun: a hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for biting and chewing food.
Noun
tooth (plural teeth)
- A hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for biting and chewing food.
- tooth decay
- A sharp projection on the blade of a saw or similar implement.
- Synonyms:
- sawtooth
- A projection on the edge of a gear that meshes with similar projections on adjacent gears, or on the circumference of a cog that engages with a chain.
- The property of resisting slippage when knotted.
- Jute has more tooth than polypropylene.
- A projection or point in other parts of the body resembling the tooth of a vertebrate animal.
- Species XXXVI. Obliquaria bullata— (Unio bullata) […] Found at the falls of Ohio; rare; breadth almost two inches; cardinal and lamellar teeth like preceding species; apices rounded, decorticated, but not truncated1832, Constantine Samuel Rafinesque, A monograph of the fluviatile bivalve shells of the river Ohio, page 43
- A pointed projection from the margin of a leaf.
- The rough surface of some kinds of cel or other films that allows better adhesion of artwork.
- Liking, fondness (compare toothsome).
- I have a sweet tooth: I love sugary treats.
- These are not dishes for thy dainty tooth1693, John Dryden, “The Third Satire of Aulus Persius Flaccus”, in The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis
- An irreducible component of a comb that intersects the handle in exactly one point, that point being distinct from the unique point of intersection for any other tooth of the comb.
Verb
tooth (third-person singular simple present tooths, present participle toothing, simple past and past participle toothed)
- To provide or furnish with teeth.
- His Wife sate near him, teasing matted wool, / While, from the twin cards toothed with glittering wire / He fed the spindle […]1815, William Wordsworth, The Brothers
- To indent; to jag.
- to tooth a saw
- To lock into each other, like gear wheels.
- Whereas if the Header of one side of the wall, toothed as much as the Stretcher on the other side, it would be a stronger Toothing, and the joints of the Header on one side, would be in the middle of the Headers of the course they lie upon of the other side1678, Joseph Moxon, Mechanick Exercises: or the Doctrine of Handy-works, page 260
Proper noun capitalized: Tooth
Tooth
- A surname.
tooth meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
tooth in Hindi
- saw tooth
- दाँत dā̃t, दान्त dānt
- gear tooth — see also cog
- दाँत dā̃t, दान्त dānt
- anatomy: tooth
- दाँत dā̃t, दान्त dānt, दांत dānt
tooth in Tamil
- anatomy: tooth
- பல் pal
tooth in Marathi
- anatomy: tooth
- दात dāt
tooth in Urdu
- anatomy: tooth
- دان٘ت dā̃t, دَنْدان dandān
More languagesFewer languages
- tooth in Bengali
- দাঁত dãt, দান্দান dandan, দন্ত donto, দশন dośon
- tooth in Telugu
- పన్ను pannu
- tooth in Malayalam
- യന്ത്രപ്പല്ല് yantrappallŭ, പല്ല് pallŭ, ദന്തം dantaṁ
- tooth in Kannada
- ಹಲ್ಲು hallu
- tooth in Punjabi
- ਦੰਦ dand, ਡੰਦ ḍand
- tooth in Gujarati
- દાંત dā̃t
- tooth in Odia
- ଦାନ୍ତ dānta
- tooth in Sanskrit
- दन्त danta
- tooth in Sinhala
- දත data
- tooth in Assamese
- দাঁত dãt
- tooth in Nepali
- दाँत dā̃t
- tooth in Pashto
- غاښ ǧāx̌
- tooth in Tagalog
- ngipin
- tooth in Arabic
- سِنّ sinn, سن senn, سنة senna, سنان senan
- tooth in Malay
- gerigi, gigi, danta
- tooth in Indonesian
- gigi, danta
- tooth in Persian
- دَنْدانِه dandâne, دَنْدَان dandān, دَنْدان dandân, دَنْدون dandun
- tooth in Thai
- ฟัน fan, เฟือง fʉʉang, ทันต์ tan, กราม graam
- tooth in Vietnamese
- răng
- tooth in Myanmar
- သွား swa:
- Dhivehi
- ދައިޔ daiy
Examples of tooth in a sentence
- Johnny lost a tooth, but kept it for the tooth fairy.
- A wounded animal will fight tooth and nail; relentless, savage and murderous.
- The dentist pulled out the decayed tooth and put in a bridge.
Synonyms of tooth
Forms of tooth
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | teeth |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | tooths |
| present participle | toothing |
| past participle | toothed |
| past | toothed |
Origin of tooth
From Middle English toth, tothe, tooth, from Old English tōþ, from Proto-West Germanic *tanþ, from Proto-Germanic *tanþs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts (“tooth”). Doublet of dent, dens, tind, and tine. Related to tusk. Cognates Cognate with Scots tuith (“tooth”), North Frisian Ter, teän, tosch, toske, tuis, tus, tusch, täis (“tooth”), Saterland Frisian Tusk (“tooth”), West Frisian tosk (“tooth”), Bavarian Zåhn (“tooth”), Dutch tand (“tooth”), German Zahn (“tooth”), Limburgish tandj (“tooth”), Luxembourgish Zant (“tooth”), Vilamovian cōn (“tooth”), Yiddish צאָן (tson, “tooth”), Danish and Swedish tand (“tooth”), Faroese tonn (“tooth”), Icelandic tönn (“tooth”), Norn *tann, *tant (“tooth”), Norwegian Bokmål tann (“tooth”), Norwegian Nynorsk tann, tonn (“tooth”), Breton and Welsh dant (“tooth”), Cornish dans (“tooth”), Irish déad (“tooth”), Scottish Gaelic deud (“tooth”), Asturian, Leonese, Mirandese, and Spanish diente (“tooth”), Aragonese dien (“tooth”), Catalan and French dent (“tooth”), Galician, Italian, and Portuguese dente (“tooth”), Romanian dinte (“tooth”), Latin dēns (“tooth”), Ancient Greek ὀδούς (odoús), ὀδών (odṓn, “tooth”), Lithuanian dantis (“tooth”), Belarusian...
Words formed from tooth
- acro-dermato-ungual-lacrimal-tooth syndrome
- axle tooth
- baby tooth
- back tooth
- bigtooth
- black tooth
- bleeding tooth fungus
- Bluetooth
- bucktooth
- butter tooth
- canine tooth
- cheek tooth
- cheektooth
- clean as a hound's tooth
- colt's tooth
- corner tooth
- cracked tooth syndrome
- daggertooth
- deciduous tooth
- dog's tooth violet
- dogtooth
- dog-tooth
- dog tooth
- egg tooth
- elephant's tooth
- eyetooth
- eye-tooth
- eye tooth
- fangtooth
- fight tooth and nail
- fine-tooth comb
- fine-tooth comb test
- foretooth
- front-toothless
- gagtooth
- give an eye-tooth
- gobber tooth
- gold tooth
- hag's tooth
- hen's tooth
- hog-tooth spar
- houndstooth
- intertooth
- jawtooth
- jelly tooth
- long in the tooth
- megatooth shark
- milk-tooth
- milk tooth
- mill tooth
- molar tooth
- multitooth
- not to put a tooth in it
- old in the tooth
- old woman's tooth
- permanent tooth
- picktooth
- pivot tooth
- primary tooth
- pseudotooth
Phrases with tooth
- saw tooth
- tooth key
- tooth mug
- tooth net
- tooth pad
- wit tooth
- sour tooth
- tooth comb
- tooth keys
- tooth mark
- tooth mugs
- tooth pads
39 more phrasesFewer phrases
- wolf tooth
- dog's tooth
- salty tooth
- spicy tooth
- sweet tooth
- tooth combs
- tooth decay
- tooth fairy
- tooth fungi
- tooth hurty
- tooth shell
- hounds tooth
- purple tooth
- rabbit tooth
- tooth duller
- tooth enamel
- tooth fungus
- tooth powder
- tooth shells
- tooth socket
- wisdom tooth
- hound's tooth
- scissor tooth
- shark's tooth
- tooth dullers
- tooth fairies
- tooth powders
- tooth sockets
- tooth and claw
- tooth and nail
- tooth and tong
- tooth ornament
- temporary tooth
- tooth ornaments
- hounds tooth check
- dog's tooth violets
- red in tooth and claw
- tooth and nail syndrome
- an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth
Words that rhyme with tooth
Questions about tooth
- What does tooth mean?
- Tooth means a hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for biting and chewing food.
- What is tooth in Hindi?
- Tooth in Hindi is दाँत (dā̃t), दान्त (dānt), दांत (dānt). See Tooth meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is tooth?
- Tooth can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce tooth?
- Tooth is pronounced /tuːθ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of tooth?
- The plural of tooth is teeth.
Words near tooth in the dictionary
Source and license
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