different between teeth vs currycomb

English

Etymology

From Middle English teth, plural of tothe, from Old English t?þ, nominative plural of t?þ, from earlier *tœ?þ, from Proto-Germanic *tanþiz, nominative plural of *tanþs, from Proto-Indo-European *h?dóntes, nominative plural of *h?dónts.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ti??/
• Rhymes: -i??

Noun

teeth

1. plural of tooth

Noun

teeth pl (plural only)

1. (informal) The ability to be enforced, or to be enforced to any useful effect.

Synonyms

• (plural of "tooth"): chompers, pearly whites, Hampstead Heath
• (ability to be enforced): enforceability

Derived terms

Verb

teeth (third-person singular simple present teeths, present participle teething, simple past and past participle teethed)

1. Dated spelling of teethe (“to grow teeth”).
   • 1943, Herman Niels Bundesen, Our Babies (page 81)

     Thus, a mother should not think that there is something wrong just because her baby teeths, crawls, walks, or talks earlier or later than her neighbor's baby.

See also

• toothless

English

Alternative forms

• curry-comb
• curry comb

Etymology

curry +? comb

Noun

currycomb (plural currycombs)

1. A comb or brush, having rubber or plastic teeth, used to groom horses.
   • 1889, Annual Report of the Military Department, State of Oregon (page 99)

     One hundred currycombs […] One hundred corn horsebrushes […]

Translations

Verb

currycomb (third-person singular simple present currycombs, present participle currycombing, simple past and past participle currycombed)

1. (transitive) To groom using such a comb.

Translations