Tooth

Definition of tooth:

part of speech: noun

One of the small bones in the jaws, used in biting and chewing: the taste or palate: anything toothlike: a prong: one of the projections on a saw or wheel:- pl. TEETH.

part of speech: noun

See teeth.

part of speech: verb

To furnish with teeth: to cut into teeth.

part of speech: verb

To indent or form into jagged points.

part of speech: noun

One of the hard, bony projections growing in the jaws and used for biting and chewing; any projection resembling such a bone; as, a gear- tooth; a taste or fondness for a certain kind of food; as, she has a sweet tooth.

part of speech: noun

One of the small bony projections from the jaws used in chewing; a prong; projection on a saw, wheel, & c.

Usage examples for tooth:

• She showed the tooth as she stood, but not in a smile. "In the Wilderness", Robert Hichens.

• Eye for eye, tooth for tooth "The Hero of Garside School", J. Harwood Panting.

• A blackened tooth may prove its destruction. "The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers", Georg Ebers.

• Then again the tooth pick came in for serious observation; it was considered an outward and visible sign of internal creature comfort, and was worn behind the ear when not in action. "From a Terrace in Prague", Lieut.-Col. B. Granville Baker.