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