overbite

1. 1.

   (dentistry) malocclusion in which the upper teeth extend abnormally far over the lower teeth

   Broadermalocclusion

   dentistry

Other forms of overbite

plural

overbites·

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.

Questions about overbite

What does overbite mean?

overbite means "(dentistry) malocclusion in which the upper teeth extend abnormally far over the lower teeth".

How many syllables are in overbite?

overbite has 3 syllables: o-ver-bite. The stress falls on "o".

Is overbite a common word?

overbite is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.