dental
part of speech
adjective (dental)
meaning for a pupil
Dental means about teeth or about looking after teeth. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Sefer Yetzirah it names the letters said with the teeth. Interpretation: The book sorts the twenty-two letters by where they are made in the mouth. Tradition sees these places as part of how God made the world with letters. In the primary lessons: In health and everyday life, children visit the dental surgery for check-ups, use dental floss and learn dental hygiene (brushing twice a day). In science, dental means relating to teeth in a body. Phrases: dental check-up, dental floss, dental care, dental nurse, dental hygiene.
examples
- This is the modern classification of the letters into guttural, palatal, lingual, dental and labial sounds. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
- Twenty-two letters are formed by the voice, impressed on the air, and audibly uttered in five situations, in the throat, guttural sounds; in the palate, palatals; by the tongue, linguals; through the teeth, dentals; and by the lips, labial sounds. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) tree →
- I have a dental check-up next week. tree →
- Use dental floss to clean between your teeth. tree →
- Good dental hygiene stops tooth decay. tree →
- The dental nurse gave me a sticker. tree →
- Sugar is bad for dental health. tree →
- The dentist took a dental X-ray. tree →
note
Adjective only, comes before a noun (dental care). Not comparable. Related: dentist, dentistry. Spelt «dental», not «dentle».
Trees and pragmatics
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