TOOTH
/tuːθ/
8
Scrabble
7
WWF
T(1) O(1) O(1) T(1) H(4)
NWL/TWL ✓ Collins ✓ WWF ✓
Definition
/tuːθ/
noun
- A hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for eating.
- A sharp projection on the blade of a saw or similar implement.
- 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.
- A projection or point in other parts of the body resembling the tooth of a vertebrate animal.
- A pointed projection from the margin of a leaf.
verb
- To provide or furnish with teeth.
- To indent; to jag.“to tooth a saw”
- To lock into each other, like gear wheels.
Source: Wiktionary
