different between teeth vs ivories
teeth
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
- plural of tooth
Noun
teeth pl (plural only)
- (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)
- 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.
- 1943, Herman Niels Bundesen, Our Babies (page 81)
See also
- toothless
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ivories
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?a?v??i?z/ (UK & US)
Noun
ivories
- plural of ivory
Noun
ivories pl (plural only)
- The keys of a piano.
- The teeth.
Related terms
- tinkle the ivories
- tickle the ivories
Anagrams
- Orivesi
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