toothlike
- adjective
- /ˈtuːθlaɪk/
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dental
- The goblins, at least six or seven, were huddled near the center of the small chamber, milling about many natural, toothlike pillars.
Examples
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The plant has jagged, toothlike edges on its leaves, giving it a fierce appearance.
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Livre launched into monologue: "The word 'indenture,' Claude, comes from the toothlike marks of a torn piece of paper."
Fiction book (1992) -
Like the plains viscacha rat, it has a pair of little toothlike brushes behind its upper incisors, but they are less pronounced and less stiff than they are in the plains species.
Academic text (2003) -
The cave was filled with towering, toothlike stalagmites that looked like giant teeth reaching up from the ground.
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The dinosaur had long, toothlike spikes along its back, making it look intimidating.
Synonyms
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With a jagged edge of sharp, regular teeth like a saw
A jagged edge like a saw
Having a jagged edge with small points like teeth
Having a row of small toothlike points along the edge
A word used in scientific names for plants and animals to show a toothed edge
Having a finely toothed edge with many small close teeth like some leaves
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Toothlike is simply tooth + -like, with tooth meaning the familiar biting part of your mouth and -like meaning 'similar to'. So, toothlike describes something that has the shape or look of a tooth, for example small pointed edges on a leaf or a jagged sculpture.