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incisors

in·ci·sor
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [in-sahy-zer]
    • /ɪnˈsaɪ zər/
    • /ɪnˈsaɪ.zər/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [in-sahy-zer]
    • /ɪnˈsaɪ zər/

Definitions of incisors word

  • noun incisors any of the four anterior teeth in each jaw, used for cutting and gnawing. 1
  • noun incisors Plural form of incisor. 1
  • noun incisors plural of incisor. 0

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Origin of incisors

First appearance:

before 1665
One of the 47% oldest English words
1665-75; < New Latin: literally, cutter, equivalent to Latin incīd(ere) to incise + -tor -tor, with -dt- > -s-

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Parts of speech for Incisors

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

incisors popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 82% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for incisors

noun incisors

  • ivory — the hard white substance, a variety of dentin, composing the main part of the tusks of the elephant, walrus, etc.
  • tush — tushie.
  • canine — Canine means relating to dogs.
  • tooth — (in most vertebrates) one of the hard bodies or processes usually attached in a row to each jaw, serving for the prehension and mastication of food, as weapons of attack or defense, etc., and in mammals typically composed chiefly of dentin surrounding a sensitive pulp and covered on the crown with enamel.
  • incisor — any of the four anterior teeth in each jaw, used for cutting and gnawing.

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