tooth
- noun
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One of the small hard white parts inside your mouth that you use to bite and chew food.
The dentist filled a small hole in my back tooth.
My little brother lost his first tooth last week.
She chipped a front tooth biting into a hard sweet.
Brush every tooth carefully, especially the ones right at the back.
Common collocations: front tooth · back tooth · lose a tooth · brush your teeth · a broken tooth · wisdom tooth
Part of: Parts of the body, Hygiene, At the doctor's
Forms
- plural
- teeth