tooth

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Synonyms: toot, troth, sooth, booth, thoth, toots, dooth, toth, rooth, cooth, mooth

Antonyms: toot, troth, sooth, booth, thoth, toots, dooth, toth, rooth, cooth, mooth

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Noun

1. {{senseid|en|anatomy}} A hard, [[calcareous]] structure present in the [[mouth]] of many [[vertebrate]] [[animals]], generally used for [[bite|biting]] and [[chew]]ing [[food]].
2. A sharp [[projection]] on the [[blade]] of a [[saw]] or similar implement.
3. A [[projection]] on the edge of a [[gear]] that meshes with similar projections on adjacent gears, or on the [[circumference]] of a [[cog]] that engages with a [[chain]].
4. {{lb|en|cordage}} The property of resisting slippage when knotted.
5. {{lb|en|zoology}} A projection or point in other parts of the body resembling the tooth of a vertebrate animal.
6. {{lb|en|botany}} A pointed projection from the [[margin]] of a [[leaf]].
7. {{lb|en|animation}} The rough surface of some kinds of [[cel]] or other [[film]]s that allows better [[adhesion]] of [[artwork]].
8. {{lb|en|figurative}} [[liking|Liking]], [[fondness]] (compare [[toothsome]]).
9. {{lb|en|algebraic geometry}} An [[irreducible]] [[component]] of a [[comb]] that [[intersect]]s the [[handle]] in exactly one point, that point being distinct from the [[unique]] point of intersection for any other tooth of the comb.

Verb

1. To provide or furnish with teeth.
2. To [[indent]]; to [[jag]].
3. To lock into each other, like [[gear wheel]]s.

Proper noun

1. {{surname|en}}.

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