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Main Entry: tooth
Pronunciation: tüth
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural teeth /tth/ 1 a: one of the hard bony structures that are usually located on the jaws of vertebrates and are used for seizing and chewing food and as weapons b: any of various usually hard and sharp structures especially around the mouth of an invertebrate 2 a: something like or suggesting the tooth of an animal in shape, arrangement, or action <the tooth of a saw> b: one of the projections on the rim of a cogwheel that fit between the projections on another part especially to transmit force : COG - tooth·less /tüth-ls/ adjective - tooth·like /-lk/ adjective