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- [teeth]
- /tiθ/
- /tiːθ/
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- [teeth]
- /tiθ/
Definitions of teeth word
- noun teeth plural of tooth. 1
- noun plural teeth (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 teeth (in invertebrates) any of various similar or analogous processes occurring in the mouth or alimentary canal, or on a shell. 1
- noun plural teeth any projection resembling or suggesting a tooth. 1
- noun plural teeth one of the projections of a comb, rake, saw, etc. 1
- noun plural teeth 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
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Origin of teeth
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 Teeth
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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teeth popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% 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".
teeth usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for teeth
noun teeth
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