Meaning

1 senses

  1. Having teeth or toothlike projections; serrated, toothed.

    having toothlike projections in the margin

Translations

2 languages

Origin

Borrowed from Latin dentātus, from dēns (“tooth”, oblique stem in dēnt-) + -ātus, see -ate

Borrowed from Latin dentātus, from dēns (“tooth”, oblique stem in dēnt-) + -ātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

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Forms

more dentate, most dentate
Comparativemore dentate Lesson
Superlativemost dentate Lesson

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
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Word family

25 related words
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Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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