tooth
A hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for biting and chewing food.
Noun 4 meanings
A hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for biting and chewing food.
A sharp projection on the blade of a saw or similar implement.
A projection on the edge of a gear that meshes with similar projections on adjacent gears, or on the circumference of a cog that engages with a chain.
The property of resisting slippage when knotted.
“Jute has more tooth than polypropylene.”
Verb 3 meanings
To provide or furnish with teeth.
To indent; to jag.
“to tooth a saw”
To lock into each other, like gear wheels.
Etymology
From Middle English toth, tothe, tooth, from Old English tōþ, from Proto-West Germanic *tanþ, from Proto-Germanic *tanþs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts (“tooth”). Doublet of dent, dens, tind, and tine. Related to tusk.
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TOOTH at a glance
TOOTH has 5 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (T 1 + O 1 + O 1 + T 1 + H 4) and 7 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,205 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with tooth
All rhymesOne letter away
- BOOTH10
- TOOTS5
- SOOTH8
- TROTH8
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