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Meaning of दंत in English

  • A stroke; a blow.
  • A slight depression, or small notch or hollow, made by a blow or by pressure; an indentation.
  • To make a dent upon; to indent.
  • A tooth, as of a card, a gear wheel, etc.
  • Of or pertaining to the teeth or to dentistry; as, dental surgery.
  • Formed by the aid of the teeth; -- said of certain articulations and the letters representing them; as, d t are dental letters.
  • An articulation or letter formed by the aid of the teeth.
  • A marine mollusk of the genus Dentalium, with a curved conical shell resembling a tooth. See Dentalium.
  • Pertaining to, or bearing, teeth.
  • The distal bone of the lower jaw in many animals, which may or may not bear teeth.
  • Alt. of Dentated
  • Toothed; especially, with the teeth projecting straight out, not pointed either forward or backward; as, a dentate leaf.
  • Having teeth or toothlike points. See Illust. of Antennae.
  • Formation of teeth; toothed form.
  • A small square block or projection in cornices, a number of which are ranged in an ornamental band; -- used particularly in the Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite orders.
  • Toothed.
  • The dense calcified substance of which teeth are largely composed. It contains less animal matter than bone, and in the teeth of man is situated beneath the enamel.
  • The development and cutting of teeth; teething.
  • The system of teeth peculiar to an animal.
  • An artificial tooth, block, or set of teeth.

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