tooth
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense
Types & categories
- bone hypernym
- fang hyponym
- tusk hyponym
- conodont hyponym
- pearly hyponym
- carnassial tooth hyponym
- front tooth hyponym
- back tooth hyponym
- malposed tooth hyponym
- permanent tooth hyponym
- primary tooth hyponym
- canine hyponym
- premolar hyponym
- incisor hyponym
- molar hyponym
Parts & wholes
- teeth member holonym
- dentine part meronym
- pulp cavity part meronym
- cusp part meronym
- crown part meronym
- tooth root part meronym
- pulp part meronym
- stump part meronym
Related & opposite
- toothy derivation
Sense 2 noun
something resembling the tooth of an animal
Types & categories
- projection hypernym
- cog hyponym
Parts & wholes
Sense 3 noun
toothlike structure in invertebrates found in the mouth or alimentary canal or on a shell
Types & categories
- anatomical structure hypernym
- denticle hyponym
Sense 4 noun
a means of enforcement
the treaty had no teeth in it
Types & categories
- means hypernym
Sense 5 noun
one of a number of uniform projections on a gear
Types & categories
- projection hypernym
Parts & wholes
- gear part holonym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | toothy |
| 1 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | teeth |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | dentine |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | pulp cavity |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | cusp |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | crown |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | tooth root |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | pulp |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | stump |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | bone |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fang |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | tusk |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | conodont |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pearly |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | carnassial tooth |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | front tooth |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | back tooth |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | malposed tooth |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | permanent tooth |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | primary tooth |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | canine |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | premolar |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | incisor |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | molar |
| 2 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | comb |
| 2 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | comb |
| 2 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | power saw |
| 2 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | saw |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | projection |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | cog |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | anatomical structure |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | denticle |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | means |
| 5 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | gear |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | projection |