English Explanatory Dictionary

axle tooth

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A molar tooth; molar.

Word forms

axle tooth axle teeth axeltooth assiltooth axill tooth

Etymology

From Middle English axyltothe, of North Germanic origin, from axyl, from Old Norse jaxl (“a jaw-tooth, grinder”) + Middle English tothe (“tooth”). Cognate with Scots assletuith, asseltuith (“molar, axletooth”). Compare also Danish axeltand (“molar, axletooth”), Swedish oxeltand (“molar, axletooth”).

Synonyms

grinder wangtooth
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