Another word for tooth

tooth Synonyms

tooth

n.

A dental process
fang, tusk, saber-tooth, tush, ivory, snag, artificial tooth, false tooth, edontate process, calcerous process, bony appendage.
Types of human teeth include: incisor, canine, cuspid, eyetooth*, bicuspid, premolar, first bicuspid, second bicuspid, molar*, grinder*, first molar, second molar, third molar, wisdom tooth; deciduous teeth, baby teeth*, permanent teeth.
A toothlike or tooth-shaped object
point, stub, projection; see gear, peg, root.

tooth is the general, inclusive word for the hard, bonelike structures in the jaws of most vertebrates used for biting and chewing; tusk refers to a long, pointed, enlarged tooth projecting outside the mouth in certain animals, as the elephant, wild boar, and walrus, and used for digging or as a weapon; fang refers either to one of the long, sharp teeth with which meat-eating animals tear their prey or to the long, hollow tooth through which poisonous snakes inject their venom

get<strong> or </strong>sink one's teeth into*

become occupied with, involve oneself in, be busy at; see act 1.

in the teeth of

in the face of, in conflict with, defying; see opposing 1.

long in the tooth*

elderly, aged, ancient; see old 1.

show one's teeth*

show hostility, oppose, be angry; see threaten 1, 2.

throw in someone's teeth*

reprimand, reproach, castigate; see attack 2, censure.

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