Tooth vs. Dent

Toothnoun

A hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for eating.

Toothnoun

A sharp projection on the blade of a saw or similar implement.

Toothnoun

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.

Toothnoun

(zoology) A projection or point in other parts of the body resembling the tooth of a vertebrate animal.

Toothnoun

(botany) A pointed projection from the margin of a leaf.

Toothnoun

(animation) The rough surface of some kinds of cel or other films that allows better adhesion of artwork.

Toothnoun

(figurative) liking, fondness, appetite, taste, palate (compare toothsome)

Toothnoun

(algebraic geometry) An irreducible component of a comb that intersects the handle in exactly one point, that point being distinct from the unique point of intersection for any other tooth of the comb.

Toothverb

To provide or furnish with teeth.

Toothverb

To indent; to jag.

Toothverb

To lock into each other, like gear wheels.

Toothnoun

One of the hard, bony appendages which are borne on the jaws, or on other bones in the walls of the mouth or pharynx of most vertebrates, and which usually aid in the prehension and mastication of food.

Toothnoun

Fig.: Taste; palate.

Toothnoun

Any projection corresponding to the tooth of an animal, in shape, position, or office; as, the teeth, or cogs, of a cogwheel; a tooth, prong, or tine, of a fork; a tooth, or the teeth, of a rake, a saw, a file, a card.

Toothnoun

A projecting member resembling a tenon, but fitting into a mortise that is only sunk, not pierced through.

Toothnoun

An angular or prominence on any edge; as, a tooth on the scale of a fish, or on a leaf of a plant

Toothnoun

Any hard calcareous or chitinous organ found in the mouth of various invertebrates and used in feeding or procuring food; as, the teeth of a mollusk or a starfish.

Toothverb

To furnish with teeth.

Toothverb

To indent; to jag; as, to tooth a saw.

Toothverb

To lock into each other. See Tooth, n., 4.

Toothnoun

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

Toothnoun

something resembling the tooth of an animal

Toothnoun

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

Toothnoun

a means of enforcement;

Toothnoun

one of a number of uniform projections on a gear

Toothnoun

each of a set of hard, bony enamel-coated structures in the jaws of most vertebrates, used for biting and chewing

Toothnoun

each of a number of hard, pointed structures in or around the mouth of some invertebrates, functioning in the physical breakdown of food.

Toothnoun

genuine power or effectiveness of an organization or in a law or agreement

Toothnoun

used in curses or exclamations

Toothnoun

a projecting part on a tool or other instrument, especially one of a series that function or engage together, such as a cog on a gearwheel or a point on a saw.

Toothnoun

a projecting part on an animal or plant, especially one of a jagged or dentate row on the margin of a leaf or shell.

Toothnoun

an appetite or liking for a particular thing

Toothnoun

roughness given to a surface to allow colour or glue to adhere

Tooth

A tooth (plural teeth) is a hard, calcified structure found in the jaws (or mouths) of many vertebrates and used to break down food. Some animals, particularly carnivores and omnivores, also use teeth to help with capturing or wounding prey, tearing food, for defensive purposes, to intimidate other animals often including their own, or to carry prey or their young.

Dentnoun

A shallow deformation in the surface of an object, produced by an impact.

Dentnoun

A type of maize/corn with a relatively soft outer hull, and a soft type of starch that shrinks at maturity to leave an indentation in the surface of the kernel.

Dentnoun

A sudden negative change, such as loss, damage, weakening, consumption or diminution, especially one produced by an external force, event or action

Dentnoun

(engineering) A tooth, as of a card, a gear wheel, etc.

Dentnoun

(weaving) A slot or a wire in a reed

Dentverb

(transitive) To impact something, producing a dent.

Dentverb

(intransitive) To develop a dent or dents.

Dentnoun

A stroke; a blow.

Dentnoun

A slight depression, or small notch or hollow, made by a blow or by pressure; an indentation.

Dentnoun

A tooth, as of a card, a gear wheel, etc.

Dentverb

To make a dent upon; to indent.

Dentnoun

an appreciable consequence (especially a lessening);

Dentnoun

a depression scratched or carved into a surface

Dentnoun

an impression in a surface (as made by a blow)

Dentverb

make a depression into;