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toothpowder

toothpowder is the alternative form of tooth powder.

Meaning of tooth powder

Noun

tooth powder (countable and uncountable, plural tooth powders)

  1. A powder for cleaning the teeth; a dentifrice.
    • Precipitated calcium carbonate, a very fine powdery form, is used as a basis for many tooth powders and pastes. As whiting it finds a wide use in cleaning metals of their tarnishes.1918, Hannah Teresa Rowley, Mrs. Helen Louise (Wales) Farrell, Principles of Chemistry Applied to the Household

Forms of toothpowder

pluraltoothpowders

Questions about toothpowder

What is toothpowder the alternative form of?
Toothpowder is the alternative form of tooth powder.

Words near toothpowder in the dictionary

  1. toothpicks
  2. toothpickweed
  3. toothpicky
  4. toothplate
  5. toothplates
  6. toothpowder
  7. toothpowders
  8. toothproof
  9. toothpuller
  10. toothpullers
  11. toothrow

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