tooth

1. 1.

   hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense

   Broaderbone

   Narrowerfangtuskconodontchoppercarnassial toothfront toothback toothmalposed toothpermanent toothprimary tooth

   Part ofdentition

   Partsdentinepulp cavitycuspcrownrootpulp
2. 2.

   something resembling the tooth of an animal

   Broaderprojection

   Narrowercog

   Part ofcombsawpower saw
3. 3.

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

   Broaderstructure

   Narrowerdenticle
4. 4.

   a means of enforcement

   “the treaty had no teeth in it”

   Broadermeans
5. 5.

   one of a number of uniform projections on a gear

   Broaderprojection

   Part ofgear

Other forms of tooth

plural

teeth

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 tooth

What does tooth mean?

tooth means "hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in tooth?

tooth has 1 syllable: tooth. In IPA it is /ˈtuθ/.

Is tooth a common word?

tooth is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.