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tooth

/tuθ/noun1 syllable

Tooth means: hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense.

Synonyms for tooth7

also used for tooth

sawtooth, fondness, appetite, taste, palate, fang, toothypeg

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What does tooth mean?5

noun

1

hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense

2

something resembling the tooth of an animal

3

toothlike structure in invertebrates found in the mouth or alimentary canal or on a shell

4

a means of enforcement“the treaty had no teeth in it”

5

one of a number of uniform projections on a gear

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with tooth?4

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Tooth in a sentence

  • An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.CM
  • I have a sore tooth at the back, on the left.unknown
  • Where a tooth aches, there goes the tongue.kebukebu
  • According to dentists, tooth loss isn't always caused by eating sweets.DJ_Saidez
  • According to dentists, tooth loss isn't always caused by eating candy.DJ_Saidez
  • Since the tooth is broken, how could the jaw work?AmarMecheri
  • If you stop believing in the tooth fairy, you'll lose all your teeth.Amastan
  • Despite fighting tooth and nail, that brave soldier fell to the ground lifeless.helloroto

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Forms of tooth

as a noun

plural
teeth