tooth

Noun
  1. Hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates;
    Used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense (synset 105290245)
    is a type of: bone, os - rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates
    subtypes:
    • fang - hollow or grooved tooth of a venomous snake; used to inject its poison
    • tusk - a long pointed tooth specialized for fighting or digging; especially in an elephant or walrus or hog
    • conodont - the tiny fossil cone-shaped tooth of a primitive vertebrate of order Conodonta
    • chopper, pearly - informal terms for a human `tooth'
    • carnassial tooth - the last upper premolar and first lower molar teeth of a carnivore; having sharp edges for cutting flesh
    • anterior, front tooth - a tooth situated at the front of the mouth
    • back tooth, posterior - a tooth situated at the back of the mouth
    • malposed tooth - a tooth that has grown in a faulty position
    • adult tooth, permanent tooth - any of the 32 teeth that replace the deciduous teeth of early childhood and (with luck) can last until old age
    • baby tooth, deciduous tooth, milk tooth, primary tooth - one of the first temporary teeth of a young mammal (one of 20 in children)
    • canine, canine tooth, cuspid, dogtooth, eye tooth, eyetooth - one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars
    • bicuspid, premolar - a tooth having two cusps or points; located between the incisors and the molars
    • incisor - a tooth for cutting or gnawing; located in the front of the mouth in both jaws
    • grinder, molar - grinding tooth with a broad crown; located behind the premolars
    belongs to: dentition, teeth - the kind and number and arrangement of teeth (collectively) in a person or animal
    has:
    • dentin, dentine - bone (calcified tissue) surrounding the pulp cavity of a tooth
    • pulp cavity - the central cavity of a tooth containing the pulp (including the root canal)
    • cusp - small elevation on the grinding surface of a tooth
    • crown - the part of a tooth above the gum that is covered with enamel
    • root - the embedded part of a bodily structure such as a tooth, nail, or hair
    • pulp - the soft inner part of a tooth
    • stump - the part of a limb or tooth that remains after the rest is removed
  2. Something resembling the tooth of an animal (synset 104460119)
    is a type of: projection - any structure that branches out from a central support
    subtypes: cog, sprocket - tooth on the rim of gear wheel
    is a part of:
    • comb - a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair
    • comb - any of several tools for straightening fibers
    • power saw, saw, sawing machine - a power tool for cutting wood
    • saw - hand tool having a toothed blade for cutting
  3. Toothlike structure in invertebrates found in the mouth or alimentary canal or on a shell (synset 102158524)
    is a type of: anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure - a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing and its construction and arrangement
    subtypes: denticle - small pointed ridge on the exoskeleton of an arthropod
  4. A means of enforcement (synset 100180425)
    "the treaty had no teeth in it"
    is a type of: agency, means, way - thing or person that acts to produce a particular effect or achieve an end
  5. One of a number of uniform projections on a gear (synset 104460308)
    is a type of: projection - any structure that branches out from a central support
    is a part of: cogwheel, gear, gear wheel, geared wheel - a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion

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