incisor

«incisor» in Mova's school dictionary: One of the sharp, flat front teeth used for biting and… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (an incisor, incisors)

meaning for a pupil

One of the sharp, flat front teeth used for biting and cutting food. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science lessons on teeth: humans have four types of teeth — incisors (cutting), canines (tearing), premolars and molars (grinding). Adults have eight incisors, four on top and four on the bottom; children's first baby teeth are usually incisors. Rodents like rabbits and beavers have incisors that never stop growing.

examples

• We use our incisors to bite into an apple. tree →
• My front incisor is wobbly. tree →
• Beavers have big orange incisors for chewing wood. tree →
• Adults have eight incisors. tree →
• Incisors are sharp and flat like chisels. tree →
• A rabbit's incisors keep growing all its life. tree →

note

«An incisor» (vowel sound). Countable. Pronounced in-SY-zer. Related: incision (a cut). Compare: canine, molar, premolar.

In the corpora

• A grown-up set has 8 incisors for cutting, 4 canines for gripping, 8 premolars and 12 molars for grinding.
• Incisors at the front cut food.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «incisor» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.