tooth

[tuːθ]

Definition:
1. Any of the hard white structures in the mouth used for biting and chewing food.
2. A narrow pointed part that sticks out of an object.

Use 'tooth' in a sentence:

1. Add more honey if you have a sweet tooth.
2. The result is tooth decay and gum disease.
3. I've had one of my teeth crowned.
4. Have you cleaned your teeth?
5. Through clenched teeth she told him to leave.
6. I have a loose tooth.
7. It's a baby tooth.
8. The law must have teeth, and it must be enforced.
9. He'll be gnashing his teeth when he hears that we lost the contract.
10. She had very pretty straight teeth.
11. The dog fastened its teeth in his leg.
12. The residents are fighting tooth and nail to stop the new development.
13. I need to have two teeth filled.
14. The new policy was adopted in the teeth of fierce criticism.
15. He's had his front teeth capped.
16. You have a new tooth.
17. Which tooth pains you?
18. In the teeth of the longest recession since the 1930s, the company continues to perform well.
19. I was battling my way along the promenade in the teeth of a force ten gale.
20. He cut his teeth in the sixties as director of Edinburgh's Traverse Theatre.
21. It's not my tooth.
22. Choose an essay topic that you can really get your teeth into.
23. They have to get involved and get their teeth into some police work.
24. She answered through clenched teeth (= opening her mouth only a little because of anger) .
25. The dentist pulled the tooth.
26. My tooth fell out.
27. This role gave her something to get her teeth into.
28. I lost a tooth while chomping on a French baguette!
29. Aren't I a bit long in the tooth to start being an undergraduate?
30. A high proportion of five-year-olds have teeth in poor condition.
31. Was it really the tooth of the dragonfly?
32. What's the matter with your tooth?
33. When not removed, plaque causes tooth decay and gum disease.
34. Deposits of plaque build up between the tooth and the gum.
35. His tooth had started to throb painfully again.
36. The blow chipped the woman's tooth.
37. She chipped one of her front teeth.
38. He smiled suddenly, exposing a set of amazingly white teeth.
39. I bought three tooth brushes yesterday.
40. It is a proven fact that fluoride strengthens growing teeth.
41. 500 yuan for pulling a tooth?
42. He chipped off a piece of his tooth.
43. Her teeth gleamed white against the tanned skin of her face.
44. They crossed the bay in the teeth of a howling gale.
45. The front cog has 44 teeth.
46. It has vanished as surely as one's belief in Santa Claus or the tooth fairy.
47. Fruit juices can be harmful to children's teeth.
48. The dog sank its teeth into my leg.
49. He fought tooth and nail to keep his job.
50. Unions pledged to fight any compulsory redundancies 'tooth and nail'.
51. You've cut one tooth.
52. Too much sugar will rot your teeth.
53. Both sides were armed to the teeth.
54. The opposition argues that the new council will be unconstitutional and without teeth.
55. His tooth hurts when he bites.
56. When did she cut her first tooth?
57. Their voices set your teeth on edge.
58. It wasn't like pulling a tooth.
59. Whose tooth is it?
60. I've just had a tooth out at the dentist's.
61. The cat sank its teeth into his finger.
62. The old man broke a tooth on a bone.
63. The witness was clearly lying through his teeth.
64. Just the sound of her voice sets my teeth on edge.
65. He's got a front tooth missing.
66. Draw the floss backwards and forwards between the teeth.
67. He laughed, revealing a line of white teeth.
68. Her tooth was extracted under local anaesthetic.
69. The dentist may decide that the wisdom teeth need to be extracted.
70. A dentist may decide to extract the tooth to prevent recurrent trouble.
71. Dentists advise you to have your teeth checked every six months.
72. They took a plaster cast of the teeth for identification purposes.
73. If a tooth feels very loose, your dentist may recommend that it's taken out.