tooth

Definitions of tooth in various dictionaries:

noun - hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates

noun - something resembling the tooth of an animal

noun - toothlike structure in invertebrates found in the mouth or alimentary canal or on a shell

noun - a means of enforcement

noun - one of a number of uniform projections on a gear

One of a set of hard, bonelike structures rooted in sockets in the jaws of vertebrates, typically composed of a core of soft pulp surrounded by a layer of hard dentin that is coated with cement or enamel at the crown and used for biting or chewing food or as a means of attack or defense.

A similar structure in invertebrates, such as one of the pointed denticles or ridges on the exoskeleton of an arthropod or the shell of a mollusk.

A projecting part resembling a tooth in shape or function, as on a comb, gear, or saw.

A small, notched projection along a margin, especially of a leaf.

A rough surface, as of paper or metal.

Something that injures or destroys with force.

Taste or appetite: She always had a sweet tooth.

To furnish (a tool, for example) with teeth.

To become interlocked; mesh.

noun - one of the hard structures attached in a row to each jaw

verb - to furnish with toothlike projections

TOOTH - A tooth (plural teeth) is a hard, calcified structure found in the jaws (or mouths) of many vertebrates and used to break down food. Some animals, pa...