fine-toothed

1. 1.

   having fine teeth set close together

   “a fine-toothed comb”

   Synonymsfine-tooth

   Similartoothed

Questions about fine-toothed

What does fine-toothed mean?

fine-toothed means "having fine teeth set close together".

How many syllables are in fine-toothed?

fine-toothed has 3 syllables and divides as fine--too-thed under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for fine-toothed?

Close synonyms include fine-tooth. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.