Tooth

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tuːθ/
• Rhymes: -uːθ
• IPA: Midlands usually /tʊθ/
• Rhymes: -ʊθ

Origin

From Middle English tooth, from Old English tōþ ("tooth"), from Proto-Germanic *tanþs ("tooth"), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts ("tooth"). Cognate with Scots tuth, tuith ("tooth"), North Frisian toth, tos ("tooth"), Dutch tand ("tooth"), German Zahn ("tooth"), Danish and Swedish tand ("tooth"), Icelandic tönn ("tooth"), Welsh dant ("tooth"), Latin dēns ("tooth"), Lithuanian dantìs ("tooth"), Ancient Greek ὀδούς (odous, odṓn, "tooth"), Armenian ատամ , Persian دندان (dandân), Sanskrit दत् (dát, "tooth"). Related to tusk.

Full definition of tooth

Noun

1. A hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for eating.
2. A sharp projection on the blade of a saw or similar implement.
3. 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.
4. (botany) A pointed projection from the margin of a leaf.
5. (animation) The rough surface of some kinds of cel or other films that allow better adhesion of artwork.
6. (figurative) taste; palateI have a sweet tooth: I love sugary treats.
• DrydenThese are not dishes for thy dainty tooth.

Hyponyms

• (structure in the mouth) bicuspid, canine, cuspid, incisor, premolar, molar

Derived terms

Verb

1. To provide or furnish with teeth.
• unknown date William WordsworthThe twin cards toothed with glittering wire.
2. To indent; to jag.to tooth a saw
3. To lock into each other, like gear wheels.

Anagrams

• Hotot