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dente — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • carnassial noun One of the teeth used by a carnivore for shearing flesh, being the last upper premolar and the first lower molar.
  • clove noun A strong, aromatic spice made from the dried flower bud of the clove tree.
  • cog noun A tooth on a gear wheel, or the wheel itself.
  • prong noun A thin, pointed, projecting part, as of an antler or a fork or similar tool.
  • tine noun A pointed prong, such as one of the points of a fork or a comb tooth.
  • tooth noun A hard structure in the mouth used for biting and chewing.

Senses

dente is used for these senses in English:

  • carnassial One of the teeth used by a carnivore for shearing flesh, being the last upper premolar and the first lower molar.
  • clove (horticulture, cooking) One of the small bulbs formed in the axils of the scales of a large bulb.
  • cog A tooth on a gear.
  • prong A thin, pointed, projecting part, as of an antler or a fork or similar tool. A tine.
  • tine A spike or point on an implement or tool, especially a prong of a fork or a tooth of a comb.

clove — full definition

  1. noun A strong, aromatic spice made from the dried flower bud of the clove tree.
  2. noun One of the small individual segments that make up a bulb, such as garlic.

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