tooth
noun
[ tuːθ ]
• each of a set of hard, bony enamel-coated structures in the jaws of most vertebrates, used for biting and chewing.
• "he clenched his teeth"
• a projecting part on a tool or other instrument, especially one of a series that function or engage together, such as a cog on a gearwheel or a point on a saw.
• an appetite or liking for a particular thing.
• "what a tooth for fruit a monkey has!"
• roughness given to a surface to allow colour or glue to adhere.
• "the paper used in copying machines is good as it has tooth and takes ink well"
Origin:
Old English tōth (plural tēth ), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch tand and German Zahn, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin dent-, Greek odont- .
