Gap-toothed
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Gap-toothed is an adjective meaning Exhibiting a gap between the teeth, especially between the two upper central incisors.
Meaning
Exhibiting a gap between the teeth, especially between the two upper central incisors.
More Meanings
- Exhibiting a gap where a tooth is missing, as of a child who has lost a baby tooth, or an adult who has lost a permanent tooth.
Example Sentences
Other slices of Canadian life included scenes of Niagara Falls, log-rolling, gap-toothed hockey players, and beer halls.
Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, another gap-toothed woman, appears in a clip from her address to the Salvation Army.
The gap-toothed grins of many 7- and 8-year-olds reflect the rapid loss of baby teeth and eruption of permanent teeth during the early school years, although children typically do not lose all of their primary teeth until they are about 12 years old.
Synonyms for gap-toothed
Depending on context, synonyms include diastematic, gappy, toothed.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include toothed, gaptoothed, dentilated, sawtoothed, zygodont, fine-toothed.
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