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say it: MOH-luhr
molar is an adjective and noun meaning "of or pertaining to the grinding teeth in the back of a mammal's mouth". It is pronounced /ˈmoʊləɹ/ — MOH-luhr. It carries 5 recorded senses.
of or pertaining to the grinding teeth in the back of a mammal's mouth
“molar teeth”
designating a solution containing one mole of solute per liter of solution
containing one mole of a substance
“molar weight”
pertaining to large units of behavior
“such molar problems of personality as the ego functions”
psychology
grinding tooth with a broad crown; located behind the premolars
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for molar come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.