Word Type

Noun

Verb

Proper Noun

The word "tooth" can be used as noun, verb and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

cat's mouth dentist dentist's office dog's mouth jaw mouth shark's mouth

Capable Of

come loose pain person

Derived Terms

Bluetooth acro-dermato-ungual-lacrimal-tooth syndrome armed to the teeth axle tooth baby tooth back tooth bigtooth black tooth bleeding tooth fungus bucktooth butter tooth canine tooth cheek tooth cheektooth clean as a hound's tooth colt's tooth corner tooth cracked tooth syndrome daggertooth deciduous tooth dog tooth dog's tooth violet dog-tooth dogtooth egg tooth elephant's tooth eye tooth eye-tooth eyetooth fangtooth fight tooth and nail fine-tooth comb fine-tooth comb test foretooth front-toothless gagtooth give an eye-tooth gobber tooth hag's tooth hen's tooth hog-tooth spar houndstooth intertooth jelly tooth kiss one's teeth long in the tooth megatooth shark milk tooth milk-tooth mill tooth molar tooth multitooth old in the tooth old woman's tooth picktooth pivot tooth primary tooth pseudotooth puppytooth purple tooth rabbit tooth red in tooth and claw retooth sabertooth sabre-tooth salty tooth saw tooth saw-tooth sawtooth scissor tooth shark's tooth snaggle-tooth snaggletooth sour tooth spicy tooth suck one's teeth sweet tooth teethe temporary tooth tooth and claw tooth and nail tooth and nail syndrome tooth and tong tooth comb tooth decay tooth duller tooth enamel tooth fairy tooth fungus tooth hurty tooth key tooth mark tooth mug tooth ornament tooth pad tooth powder tooth shell tooth socket tooth-and-nail tooth-billed pigeon tooth-bottle tooth-comb tooth-drawer tooth-stainer tooth-to-jowl toothache toothaching toothake toothbill toothblack toothbrush toothbrusher toothcare toothcarp toothcomb toothdrawer toothdrawing toothette toothfish toothful toothie toothleaf toothless toothlet toothlike toothly toothmark toothmug toothpaste toothpick toothpicker toothplate toothproof toothpuller toothrow toothsome toothward toothwash toothwork toothwort toothy unitooth untooth wangtooth wisdom tooth wit tooth wolf tooth

Etymologically Related To

tusk

Context

algebraic geometry animation botany zoology

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

agency anatomical structure bodily structure body structure bone complex body part means os projection structure way

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

bicuspid canine cuspid incisor molar premolar wisdom tooth

Type Of (IsA)

bone extruded body part jaw means projection solid object structure

Parts (Meronyms)

cementum dentine enamel pulp

Part Of

comb gear mouth power saw saw

Receives Action

found on gear

Related Terms

bicuspid canine cuspid dental dentist dentistry denture fang incisor molar orling premolar prong tine tusk

Related Terms

adhesion animals appetite artwork bicuspid blade bone calcareous canine canines canines molars cavities cel chain chew chew with chewing circumference cog comb component cuspid decay dental dentine dentist dentist works denture eat enamel fang film fondness gear gear wheel handle in mouth in mouths incisor indent inside inside mouth intersect irreducible jag leaf liking margin molar molars mouth mouth chewing mouth decay mouth thing mouths orling palate plaque premolar projection prong saw taste tine toothsome unique vertebrate white white cavities works

Used For

archeological studies attracting fairies breaking food apart cavities chew food chewing food creating smiles crushing cutting and ripping eating fillings frightening griding grinding grinding against another tooth gripping identifying creatures keeping dentists in business killing lucky charm making face on pumpkin making face on scarecrow making money tooth fairy making saw blade masticating obtaining money from tooth fairy piercing place holder processing food pulping food putting under pillow ripping sawing splitting straining tearing trophy

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.