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toothed

tooth
T t

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    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [tooth]
    • /tuθ/
    • /-tuːθt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [tooth]
    • /tuθ/

Definitions of toothed word

  • noun plural toothed (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 toothed (in invertebrates) any of various similar or analogous processes occurring in the mouth or alimentary canal, or on a shell. 1
  • noun plural toothed any projection resembling or suggesting a tooth. 1
  • noun plural toothed one of the projections of a comb, rake, saw, etc. 1
  • noun plural toothed 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 toothed Botany. any small, toothlike marginal lobe. one of the toothlike divisions of the peristome of mosses. 1
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Origin of toothed

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 Toothed

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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toothed 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.
According to our data about 54% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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Synonyms for toothed

adj toothed

  • denticulate — very finely toothed
  • furrowed — a narrow groove made in the ground, especially by a plow.

adjective toothed

  • asperous — Rough, rugged, uneven.
  • erose — Irregularly notched, eaten away, as though bitten.
  • jagged — having ragged notches, points, or teeth; zigzag: the jagged edge of a saw; a jagged wound.

noun toothed

  • cogged — having cogs.
  • grained — having, reduced to, consisting of, or bearing grain or grains (usually used in combination): fine-grained sand; large-grained rice.
  • woofed — Simple past tense and past participle of woof.
All 8 Synonyms of toothed

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