wisdom tooth

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   any of the last 4 teeth on each side of the upper and lower jaw; the last of the permanent teeth to erupt (between ages 16 and 21)

   Broadermolar

Questions about wisdom tooth

What does wisdom tooth mean?

wisdom tooth means "any of the last 4 teeth on each side of the upper and lower jaw; the last of the permanent teeth to erupt (between ages 16 and 21)".

Is wisdom tooth a common word?

wisdom tooth is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.