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单词 indentures
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denture

noun

den·​ture ˈden-chər How to pronounce denture (audio)
1
: a set of teeth
2
: an artificial replacement for one or more teeth
especially : a set of false teeth

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Other options are to fill it about 2/3 with warm water and add one denture-cleaning or bottle-cleaning tablet for each liter of water. Allison Pattillo, Outside Online, 23 Aug. 2018 She had been punched so hard that her upper denture was shattered. Justin Ray, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2022 Other items needed that are not available through Foodshare include shampoo, razors, shaving cream, feminine products, adhesive bandages, denture cleanser, toothbrushes and toothpaste. courant.com, 10 Nov. 2021 The man went to a cash register and paid for two other items, a liquid bandage product and cigarettes, but did not pay for the denture adhesive. Bruce Geiselman, cleveland, 30 Oct. 2021 For especially stubborn deposits, Waterford recommends a third option: denture cleaning tablets. Washington Post, 7 July 2021 Work Zoom meetings were followed by denture scrubbing. Kaci Neves, Bon Appétit, 7 June 2021 In 50 years Amazon will be using drones to deliver your denture cream. Paul Ford, Wired, 8 Apr. 2021 What works for me are denture cleaning tablets — one per cup with some hot water, and overnight, stains disappear. Washington Post, 26 Nov. 2020 See More

Word History

Etymology

French, from Middle French, from dent

First Known Use

1842, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Medical Definition

denture

noun

den·​ture ˈden-chər How to pronounce denture (audio)
1
: a set of teeth
2
: an artificial replacement for one or more teeth
especially : a set of false teeth

called also dental plate

indentures

noun

plural of indenture
1
as in holes
a sunken area forming a separate space the dropped hammer left an indenture in the floor

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • holes
  • dents
  • furrows
  • pits
  • indentations
  • concavities
  • cavities
  • hollows
  • recesses
  • ditches
  • dints
  • depressions
  • excavations
  • grooves
  • caverns
  • caves
  • basins
  • valleys
  • burrows
  • pockets
  • trenches
  • alcoves
  • bowls
  • openings
  • troughs
  • imprints
  • wells
  • gutters
  • impressions
  • dimples
  • voids
  • clefts
  • notches
  • nooks
  • gouges
  • craters
  • sockets
  • alveoli
  • boreholes
  • niches
  • postholes
  • abysses
  • chasms
  • potholes
  • water holes
  • sinkholes
  • vacuities
  • vacuums
  • chuckholes
  • vacua
  • wallows
  • gulfs

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • projections
  • protrusions
  • protuberances
  • mounds
  • bulges
  • convexities
  • hills
  • tumors
  • cambers
  • swellings
  • rises
  • lumps
  • bunches
  • swells
  • juts
  • pimples
  • humps
  • bumps
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2
as in chips
a V-shaped cut usually on an edge or a surface made a small indenture to mark the spot where the plank was to be sawed

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • chips
  • indents
  • slits
  • indentations
  • grooves
  • slots
  • kerfs
  • punches
  • nicks
  • notches
  • hacks
  • nocks
  • snips
  • scores
  • joggles
  • undercuts
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