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Meaning of Teeth | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1 Frequent
ˈtiːθ

Definitions

  1. The ability to be enforced, or to be enforced to any useful effect.
    informal, plural, plural-only
  2. Tooth.
  3. Plural of tooth.
  4. Unpleasant oral sex
    slang, uncountable, vulgar
  5. to deckle, to notch
  6. the condition of having teeth without roots attached to the alveolar ridge of the jaws, as in certain animals. — acrodont, adj.
  7. the habit of purposelessly grinding one’s teeth, especially during sleep. Also called bruxomania.
  8. the condition of being decayed or carious, especially with regard to teeth.
  9. the shedding of teeth.
  10. the production or cutting of teeth; teething. Also called odontogeny.
  11. odontology.
  12. the branch of dentistry concerned with diseases of the dental pulp and removal of the dental pulp, the nerve and other tissue of the pulp cavity; root canal therapy. Also endodontology. — endodontist, n.
  13. endodontics.
  14. the branch of dentistry concerned with the extraction of teeth. — exodontist, n.

Equivalents

العربية الأسنان
Čeština chrup
Español dientes
Suomi purukalusto
עברית שנים
한국어
Polski klawiatura

Examples

“She gives straight teeth.”
“The international community's sanctions against the regime had some teeth to them this time around.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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