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tooth

tooth

1.0
A hard white part in the mouth used for biting and chewing
  • noun
  • /tuːθ/
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  • The dentist examined my tooth and suggested I needed a filling.
  • brush teeth
  • brushing teeth
  • tooth decay

It has said you have to pull this tooth very, very slowly.

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Examples

Idioms

tooth and nail
  • Informal
19 5.8

You try very hard and do not give up

7 7.8

Old or getting old and not as good as before

Look through something very carefully to find small mistakes

tooth and claw
  • Literature
1 7.8

To fight very hard and often unfairly to win

To punish someone in the same way they hurt another person

Compounds

tooth fairy
  • Baby Talk
22 3.8

An imaginary person who takes a child's lost baby tooth and leaves money under the pillow

sweet tooth
  • Informal
20 2.8

A strong liking for sweet foods like candy and cake

19 1.0

A tooth at the front of the mouth used for cutting food

17 3.2

A back tooth that usually appears in the late teens or early adult years

14 1.2

A tooth that children have before their adult teeth grow

fine-tooth comb
  • Informal
7 4.3

A careful search that finds small mistakes or details

tooth decay
  • Specialized
5 2.2

Damage to a tooth's hard surface caused by bacteria that often makes a hole

2 3.3

A pointed tooth next to the front teeth that tears food

1 2.2

A tooth at the back of the mouth, like a molar

An adult tooth that replaces a baby one and should last most of life

1 2.3

A tooth that replaces a baby tooth and stays in the mouth

tooth enamel
  • Specialized
1 4.1

The hard white outer layer that covers the top of a tooth

abscessed tooth
  • Specialized
1 5.6

A tooth with a painful, infected swelling in the gum

deciduous tooth
  • Specialized
1 3.3

A child's baby tooth that falls out and is replaced by an adult tooth

eye tooth
  • Archaic
1 6.7

A pointed tooth next to the front teeth in each jaw

1 3.4

One of a child's first teeth that falls out and is replaced by an adult tooth

impacted tooth
  • Specialized
1 5.4

A tooth that cannot come through the gum because other teeth block it

A child's first tooth that falls out when an adult one grows

tooth powder
  • Archaic
1 3.3

A powder used to clean teeth instead of toothpaste

bleeding tooth
  • Specialized
9.9

A sea snail with red, tooth-like ridges at the shell opening

carnassial tooth
  • Specialized
9.7

A large sharp tooth in meat-eating mammals for cutting meat from bone

7.0

A nerve disease that runs in families and makes the muscles of the hands and lower legs weak and thin

The first baby tooth of a young horse sometimes kept as a lucky charm

dog's-tooth violet
  • Specialized
9.9

A small plant that grows in woods and makes pretty spring flowers and is grown in gardens

A small jagged check pattern on fabric often black and white

A comb with very close teeth used to remove lice from hair

large tooth aspen
  • Specialized
6.5

A tree from eastern North America with large leaves that have rough edges and light bark

malposed tooth
  • Specialized
9.3

A tooth that grows in the wrong place in the mouth

mouse-tooth forceps
  • Specialized
7.0

A small surgical tool that has tiny teeth at the tips and holds delicate body tissue

A cloth pattern of small broken checks usually black and white

A strong craving for salty foods like chips or pretzels

tooth socket
  • Specialized
4.2

A hollow in the jaw where a tooth sits

tooth fungus
  • Specialized
9.9

A mushroom with small spines under its cap instead of gills

tooth shell
  • Specialized
9.9

A sea animal that has a long thin shell open at both ends and a foot for digging in sand

tooth-drawer
  • Archaic
9.9

A tool for pulling out teeth used in old dental care

A liking for sour foods

A North American spring flower with white petals and a yellow center

How Healthy

tooth
1.0
worn
4 2.1
chip
130 2.1
tooth decay
  • Specialized
5 2.2

Surface Forms

tooth singular
teeth plural

Etymology

Tooth goes back to an old German word toth that meant 'tooth', so the word still names the hard white part in the mouth used for biting and chewing.