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tooth

[tooth] / tuθ /


NOUN
a toothlike or tooth-shaped object
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Two smaller scars on his chin and a missing tooth are other visible marks of his ordeal.

From BBC Sep. 3, 2026

Crowns can also be used to support a dental bridge, which replaces a missing tooth.

From Science Daily Aug. 23, 2026

Agnew mailed Merriam a single tooth, but the bearskin had already been sent to someone in Korea.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

Some investors are worried that this artificial-intelligence-powered bull market might be getting a little long in the tooth as it approaches its fourth birthday.

From MarketWatch Aug. 11, 2026

A dentist hurried over to fix the tooth.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin

Oh, and it uses a camera and AI to target gaps in your teeth for extra cleaning.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 1, 2026

Where did you cut your teeth in comedy?

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 1, 2026

Call us cute if you must, but don’t be surprised when we bare our teeth in a snarl.”

From Salon Aug. 31, 2026

The shark's face was "horrific" with "black little beady eyes" and it's "teeth and its mouth was massive".

From BBC Aug. 31, 2026

I gritted my teeth and shook my head.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

In a study published in Science Advances on Wednesday, researchers equipped six of the toothed whales, sometimes called "unicorns of the sea," with satellite transmitters, and had them explore remote East Greenland waters.

From Barron's Aug. 26, 2026

The inspectors also reported crews spraying contaminated pool water onto neighboring properties and into storm drains, and excavator operators using toothed buckets that caused clean and contaminated soil to be commingled.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 29, 2025

"The tenaculum is a developmental relic, not a bizarre one-off, and the first clear example of a toothed structure outside the jaw."

From Science Daily Oct. 16, 2025

Containing extracts of seaweeds such as toothed wrack and sea spaghetti, seaweed-based skincare lines claim anti-photoaging, hydrating and protective, nourishing and skin-plumping effects.

From Salon Aug. 5, 2024

His projects conduct electricity, engage motion with toothed wheels, react in concert with universal laws of physics.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García

If the cause can be detected, as in toothing or worms, it should be removed.

From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Erasmus Darwin

The depth of the toothing is 18 mm.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 441, June 14, 1884. by Various

It frequently happens, that during Dentition, or the Time of their toothing, Children prove subject to Knots or Kernels.

From Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health by S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David) Tissot

So in toothing, fits of convulsion with stupor frequently occur, and cease when the tooth advances; but this is not to be expected in advanced life.

From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Erasmus Darwin

Then comes a softening process to prepare the files for the men who grind or file them to a true form, and for toothing.

From A Month in Yorkshire by Walter White




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