dental
Of or concerning the teeth.
Adjective 4 meanings
Of or concerning the teeth.
Of or concerning dentistry.
Articulated with the tip of the tongue touching the upper front teeth or with the blade of the tongue touching the alveolar ridge, so that the tip of the tongue rests near the teeth.
“dental fricative”
Articulated with the tip or blade of the tongue: coronal.
Noun 2 meanings
Cleaning and polishing of an animal's teeth.
A dental sound.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French dental or Late Latin dentālis, from dēns (“a tooth”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).
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DENTAL at a glance
DENTAL has 6 letters and scores 7 points in Scrabble (D 2 + E 1 + N 1 + T 1 + A 1 + L 1) and 9 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,858 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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