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noun (pl=teeth)
  1. A hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for eating.
  2. A sharp projection on the blade of a saw or similar implement.
  3. 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.
  4. (botany) A pointed projection from the margin of a leaf.
Translations:
  • Dutch: tand
  • French: dent
  • German: Zahn
  • Italian: dente
  • Spanish: diente
Etymology: Via Middle English from Old English toí, tÅí < Proto-Germanic
  • taní
,
  • tuní
  • < Proto-Indo-European
  • hâdont-
  • /
  • hâdent-
  • (tooth). Cognate with Gothic tuníus, Dutch tand, German Zahn, Latin dens, Greek , Turkish diÅ, pronounciation /dish/, Persian (fa-Arab, ÙÙ) (dandín).

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