- tooth
- noun1 individual toothADJECTIVE▪ broken, chipped, missing▪ bad, decayed, rotten▪ loose▪ capped, gold▪ canine, eye (AmE)▪ wisdomVERB + TOOTH▪ extract, pull out, remove▪ have out▪
I've just had a tooth out at the dentist's.
▪ knock out▪ lose▪I lost three teeth in the fight.
▪ break▪ fill▪ cut▪The baby's crying because he's cutting a new tooth (= a new one is coming through).
▪a reporter who cut her teeth working in Soweto (figurative)
TOOTH + VERB▪ be through, come through▪Billy's first tooth is now through.
▪ fall out▪ acheTOOTH + NOUN▪ decay, loss▪ abscess▪ enamel▪ fairy▪Does the tooth fairy really exist?
2 teeth set of teethADJECTIVE▪ big, huge▪ gappy (BrE)▪She wore a brace to correct her gappy teeth.
▪ buck, prominent▪I used to be self-conscious of my prominent teeth.
▪ even, straight▪ crooked, jagged (often figurative), misshapen, pointy (informal)▪Her smile showed crooked teeth.
▪Skyscrapers rose like jagged teeth.
▪a vampire with pointy teeth
▪ good, healthy, pearl-white, pearly, perfect, strong, white▪ yellow▪ false▪ needle-sharp, razor-sharp, sharp▪Mink have razor-sharp teeth.
▪ clenched, gritted▪Alan hissed from behind his clenched teeth.
▪ back, front▪ bottom, top▪ baby, milk (BrE)▪I still have one of my baby teeth.
▪ adult▪ real▪ permanentVERB + TEETH▪ have▪ brush, clean▪ rot▪Sugar rots your teeth.
▪ bare, reveal, show▪The dog bared its teeth at us and growled.
▪The man smiled, revealing perfect white teeth.
▪ clamp, clench, grit▪He broke off what he was saying, clamping his teeth together.
▪She answered through clenched teeth (= opening her mouth only a little because of anger).
▪ clamp sth between, clamp sth in▪His pipe was firmly clamped between his teeth.
▪ gnash, grind▪ sink▪The cat sank its teeth into his finger.
TEETH + VERB▪ bite sb/sth, sink into sb/sth, snap together▪ chatter▪Their teeth were chattering with cold.
▪ flash, gleam, glint, shine▪Her teeth flashed as she smiled.
PREPOSITION▪ against the/your tooth▪He clattered the spoon against his teeth as he ate.
▪ between the/your tooth▪She answered the phone with a cigarette between her teeth.
▪ in the/your tooth▪The cat came in with a mouse in its teeth.
▪ through the/your tooth▪‘Come here now!’ she growled through her teeth.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
