hammas — meaning in English

English meaning

• cog noun A tooth on a gear wheel, or the wheel itself.
• serration noun The fact of having a jagged, tooth-like edge.
• sprocket noun A toothed wheel that meshes with a chain or perforated belt to drive it.
• tooth noun A hard structure in the mouth used for biting and chewing.

Senses

hammas is used for these senses in English:

• cog A tooth on a gear.
• serration (countable) One of the teeth in a serrated or serrate edge.
• sprocket (usually, in the plural) The tooth of such a wheel.
• tooth (zoology) A projection or point in other parts of the body resembling the tooth of a vertebrate animal.
• toothed Having projections resembling an animal's teeth.
• toothly Of or pertaining to teeth; dental.

cog — full definition

1. noun A tooth on a gear wheel, or the wheel itself.
2. noun An unimportant, replaceable part of a much bigger system, especially used of a person.

serration — full definition

1. noun The fact of having a jagged, tooth-like edge.
2. noun A row of small notches or points along an edge.
3. noun A single point in a row of notches along an edge.

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