About The Word Dent
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Dent
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What's The Definition Of Dent?
[n] an impression in a surface (as made by a blow)
[n] an appreciable consequence (especially a lessening); "it made a dent in my bank account" [n] a depression scratched or carved into a surface [v] make a dent into Synonyms | Synonyms for Dent: gouge | incision | indent | nick | prick | scratch | slit Related Terms | Find terms related to Dent: alveolation | alveolus | baby tooth | bicuspid | boss | bucktooth | bump | canine | colophon | concavity | convexity | crown | cuspid | cutter | dactylogram | dactylograph | deciduous tooth | denticle | denticulation | dentil | dentition | depress | dimple | dint | dogtooth | embossment | engrave | excrescence | eyetooth | fang | fingerprint | footmark | footprint | footstep | fore tooth | fossil footprint | furrow | gagtooth | gang tooth | gold tooth | gouge | grinder | honeycomb | ichnite | ichnolite | impress | impression | imprint | incisor | indent | indentation | indention | indenture | lump | milk tooth | molar | notch | pad | paw print | pawmark | peg | permanent tooth | pimple | pit | pivot tooth | pock | pockmark | premolar | press in | print | pug | pugmark | punch | punch in | recess | scrivello | seal | set back | set in | sigil | signet | snag | snaggletooth | stamp | step | stud | sunken part | tamp | thumbmark | thumbprint | tooth | tush | tusk | vestige | wisdom tooth See Also | bend | blemish | consequence | defect | deform | depression | effect | event | hit | impression | imprint | issue | outcome | result | score | scotch | turn | twist | upshot Dent In Webster's Dictionary \Dent\, n. [A variant of {Dint}.]
1. A stroke; a blow. [Obs.] ``That dent of thunder.''
--Chaucer.
2. A slight depression, or small notch or hollow, made by a
blow or by pressure; an indentation.
A blow that would have made a dent in a pound of
butter. --De Quincey.
\Dent\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dented}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Denting}.] To make a dent upon; to indent. The houses dented with bullets. --Macaulay. \Dent\, n. [F., fr. L. dens, dentis, tooth. See {Tooth}.] (Mach.) A tooth, as of a card, a gear wheel, etc. --Knight. |
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