noun
- Hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense.
- Something resembling the tooth of an animal.
- Toothlike structure in invertebrates found in the mouth or alimentary canal or on a shell.
- A means of enforcement.
- usage: "the treaty had no teeth in it"
- One of a number of uniform projections on a gear. .
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