dentures
noun /ˈdentʃəz/
/ˈdentʃərz/
[plural]- artificial teeth on a thin piece of plastic (= a plate), worn by somebody who no longer has all their own teeth
- Remember to clean your dentures after you take them out.
- She doesn't wear her dentures at night.
- a new set of dentures
WordfinderTopics Bodyc2- anaesthetic
- cavity
- check-up
- crown
- dentist
- dentures
- drill
- extract
- filling
- hygienist
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- ill-fitting
- partial
- set
- have in
- wear
- put in
- …
Word Originlate 19th cent.: from French, from dent ‘tooth’, from Latin dens, dent-.