English Explanatory Dictionary

dentate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/ˈdɛnteɪt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dentate.wav

Word forms

dentate more dentate most dentate

Etymology

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

Synonyms

see Thesaurus:notched

Derived words

bidentate bisdentate dentatectomy dentate fascia dentate gyrus dentately dentate nucleus denticulate heptadentate hexadentate monodentate multidentate octadentate octodentate paucidentate pentadentate peridentate polydentate predentate quadridentate quinquedentate repandodentate subdentate tetradentate tridentate tubulidentate unidentate
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