toothed
adjective
Simple meaning
Having projections resembling an animal's teeth.
Pronunciation
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toothtIPA pronunciation (US)
ˈtuθt
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
adjective
of an animal
Having teeth.
Having projections resembling an animal's teeth.
in combination
Having teeth of the specified type.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- C2 · Proficient (estimated)
- Frequency
- Rare
- Typical Use
- Primarily written
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
This meaning: (of an animal) Having teeth.
Used this way, toothed is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- No strong connotation
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Nearby words
- serrate , rarer, so it draws attention
- toothlike , rarer, so it draws attention
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Inflected forms
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Hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates.
Compound terms
Established multiword terms.
An annual weed of northeastern North America with dentate leaves.
Tropical American fern cultivated for its finely divided greyish-green foliage.
Any of several whales having simple conical teeth and feeding on fish etc.
A wheel with teeth for making a row of perforations.
North American cat of the Miocene and Pliocene.
A comb with teeth set close together.
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