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toothpaste

toothpaste

100 1.0
A thick soft paste you put on a toothbrush to clean teeth
  • noun
  • /ˈtuːθpeɪst/
translation icon : pasta de dientes
  • An uncapped toothpaste tube lay on the bar with some toothpaste drooling out.
  • a tube of toothpaste
  • squeeze the toothpaste
  • soap and toothpaste

It is shocking how much longer my toothpaste lasts in this.

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Examples

  • This is the best, the best whitening toothpaste I've ever used.

  • Can I borrow some of the toothpaste?

  • If you want to buy high end toothpaste, you do you.

  • I do not think that toothpaste could change my life, but it did.

  • I used a little toothpaste on it.

  • I have toothpaste in my mouth.

  • Most children identified the labels as either categories (toothpaste) or functions (to clean teeth).

    Academic text (1999)
  • They had a good tasting toothpaste and I ate some.

  • I squeezed some toothpaste onto my toothbrush before brushing my teeth.

  • After brushing, I noticed a little toothpaste was left on my lips.

Synonyms

dentifrice
vstoothpaste
  • Specialized
1 9.2

A paste or powder used to clean the teeth

is the specific soft paste used with a brush rather than the general term
tooth powder
vstoothpaste
  • Archaic
1 3.3

A powder used to clean teeth instead of toothpaste

is the soft, thick substance applied to a toothbrush rather than a powder
toothpowder
vstoothpaste
  • Archaic
5.6

A powder used to clean teeth instead of toothpaste

is the soft, thick substance applied to a toothbrush rather than a powder

Idioms

Try to make things the way they were after they changed

A change that cannot be undone or taken back

How Wet

mouthwash
21 2.1
toothpaste
100 1.0
tooth powder
  • Archaic
1 3.3

Surface Forms

toothpaste singular
toothpastes plural

Morphology

toothpaste = tooth + paste (transparent) = tooth + paste

The meaning is a straightforward compound: a paste intended for teeth, which learners can infer from 'tooth' + 'paste'.

Etymology

Toothpaste is easy to remember: it is simply tooth + paste, and paste means 'a soft mix' like dough or cream. So, toothpaste is literally the soft mix you put on a toothbrush to clean and polish your teeth.