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Meaning of tooth powder | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A powder for cleaning the teeth; a dentifrice.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“1918, Hannah Teresa Rowley, Mrs. Helen Louise (Wales) Farrell, Principles of Chemistry Applied to the Household Precipitated calcium carbonate, a very fine powdery form, is used as a basis for many tooth powders and pastes. As whiting it finds a wide use in cleaning metals of their tarnishes.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

tooth shell tooth socket tooth-billed pigeon tooth-bottle Tooth-brush tooth-comb