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long in the tooth

long in the tooth
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [lawng, long in stressed th ee tooth]
    • /lɔŋ, lɒŋ ɪn stressed ði tuθ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [lawng, long in stressed th ee tooth]
    • /lɔŋ, lɒŋ ɪn stressed ði tuθ/

Definitions of long in the tooth words

  • noun plural long in the 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. 1
  • noun plural long in the tooth (in invertebrates) any of various similar or analogous processes occurring in the mouth or alimentary canal, or on a shell. 1
  • noun plural long in the tooth any projection resembling or suggesting a tooth. 1
  • noun plural long in the tooth one of the projections of a comb, rake, saw, etc. 1
  • noun plural long in the tooth Machinery. any of the uniform projections on a gear or rack by which it drives, or is driven by, a gear, rack, or worm. any of the uniform projections on a sprocket by which it drives or is driven by a chain. 1
  • noun plural long in the tooth Botany. any small, toothlike marginal lobe. one of the toothlike divisions of the peristome of mosses. 1
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Origin of long in the tooth

First appearance:

before 900
One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English; Old English tōth; cognate with Dutch tand, German Zahn, Old Norse tǫnn; akin to Gothic tunthus, Latin dēns, Greek odoús (Ionic odṓn), Sanskrit dánta

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Parts of speech for Long in the tooth

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Long in the tooth

long in the tooth popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for long in the tooth

adj long in the tooth

  • aging — the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to: trees of unknown age; His age is 20 years.
  • senescent — growing old; aging.
  • white-haired — having hair that is white.
All 3 Synonyms of long in the tooth

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