denture

CEFRB2

/ˈdɛntjə(ɹ)/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A removable set of artificial teeth.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A complete replacement of all teeth in a mouth.

Examples

  • Do I have to have a full denture?

  • You have to have a full denture.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Synonyms
2

Also pronounced

  • /ˈdɛntʃə(ɹ)/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. An artificial replacement of one or more teeth.

  2. A set of teeth, the teeth viewed as a unit.

More examples

In context

  • After the mouth surgery, she was fitted with a denture.

Synonyms

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The elderly patient carefully cleaned his removable set of false teeth, the blank.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From French denture (“set of teeth”), from Latin dens, dentis (“tooth”) + -urus, -ura, -urum, a suffix implying a set.