TOOTH ROOT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tooth root mean? 

• TOOTH ROOT (noun)
  The noun TOOTH ROOT has 1 sense:

1. the part of a tooth that is embedded in the jaw and serves as support

  Familiarity information: TOOTH ROOT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TOOTH ROOT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The part of a tooth that is embedded in the jaw and serves as support

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

tooth root; root

Hypernyms ("tooth root" is a kind of...):

anatomical structure; bodily structure; body structure; complex body part; structure (a particular complex anatomical part)

Meronyms (parts of "tooth root"):

cement; cementum (a specialized bony substance covering the root of a tooth)

Holonyms ("tooth root" is a part of...):

tooth (hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense)