tooth in English: One of the hard white parts in your mouth that you use to bite and chew. (noun)

Translation

One of the hard white parts in your mouth that you use to bite and chew.

Word origin

From Old English toth, the old Germanic word for a tooth.

Origin: Old English
Root: toth

Grammar

Gender

Pluralteethirregular

Examples

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"Tooth" is one hard white part in the mouth.

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"Teeth" is the plural of "tooth", and it does not add an s.

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Here "teeth" describes the colour of all of them.

Related words

mouth

The part of your face that you use to eat and to speak.

eat

To put food in your mouth and swallow it.

face

The front part of your head, with your eyes, nose, and mouth.

smile

To turn up the corners of your mouth to show you are happy or friendly.

clean

To take away dirt from something so it is no longer dirty.

bite

To cut into something with your teeth.

tongue

The soft part inside your mouth that you move to taste food and to speak.

chew

To press and break food with your teeth again and again before you swallow it.

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