adjective [onlybeforenoun]
1 connected with the teeth:
dental disease / care / treatment / health * a dental appointment * dental records * (BrE) a dental surgery (= where a dentist sees patients)
2 (phonetics) (of a consonant) produced with the tongue against the upper front teeth, for example //, or against the RIDGE of the teeth, for example /n, d, t/
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for dental is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does dental appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — dental appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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