Hypernyms for "tooth"
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adult tooth
anterior
baby tooth
back tooth
bicuspid
canine
canine tooth
carnassial tooth
chopper
cog
conodont
cuspid
deciduous tooth
denticle
dogtooth
eye tooth
eyetooth
fang
front tooth
grinder
incisor
malposed tooth
milk tooth
molar
pearly
permanent tooth
posterior
premolar
primary tooth
sprocket
tusk
What are hypernyms?
Hypernyms are words with a broader meaning that includes the meaning of the original word. For example, "animal" is a hypernym of "dog" because a dog is a type of animal.
Think of hypernyms as "umbrella terms" or categories that include the original word.