Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

toothed

/tuːθt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.04 in modern English

Syllables
toothed
IPA
/tuːθt/
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having teeth.

adj

Having projections resembling an animal's teeth.

adj

Having teeth of the specified type.

verb

simple past and past participle of tooth

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts Proto-Germanic *tanþs Proto-West Germanic *tanþ Old English tōþ Middle English toth English tooth English -ed English toothed From tooth + -ed.

Derived Forms

bucktoothed megatoothed multitoothed nontoothed snaggletoothed toothedly toothedness untoothed

Phrases

Baker's small-toothed harvest mouse buck-toothed fine-toothed fine-toothed comb gap-toothed gate-toothed gobber-toothed large-toothed aspen

Synonyms

dentate dentiferous dentigerous dentilated serrate erose jagged jaggy notched

Questions

How do you pronounce toothed?
The recorded pronunciation is /tuːθt/.
What does toothed mean?
Having teeth.
Where does toothed come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts Proto-Germanic *tanþs Proto-West Germanic *tanþ Old English tōþ Middle English toth English tooth English -ed English toothed From tooth + -ed.

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