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DENTINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does dentine mean?
• DENTINE (noun)
The noun DENTINE has 2 senses:
1. a calcareous material harder and denser than bone that comprises the bulk of a tooth
2. bone (calcified tissue) surrounding the pulp cavity of a tooth
Familiarity information: DENTINE used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A calcareous material harder and denser than bone that comprises the bulk of a tooth
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
dentin; dentine
Hypernyms ("dentine" is a kind of...):
animal material (material derived from animals)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dentine"):
ivory; tusk (a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Bone (calcified tissue) surrounding the pulp cavity of a tooth
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
dentin; dentine
Hypernyms ("dentine" is a kind of...):
bone; os (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)
Holonyms ("dentine" is a part of...):
tooth (hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense)
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