premolar

«premolar» in Mova's school dictionary: One of the teeth between the pointed canine teeth and the… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a premolar, premolars); adjective (premolar)

meaning for a pupil

1) One of the teeth between the pointed canine teeth and the big flat molars at the back of the mouth; premolars have two points and help crush food. tree →

2) (adjective) To do with these teeth. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science lessons about teeth we learn incisors cut, canines tear, premolars and molars crush and grind. Adults have eight premolars; children's milk teeth have no premolars. Phrases: «upper premolar», «lower premolar», «premolars and molars».

examples

• Premolars sit between your canines and your molars. tree →
• An adult has eight premolars, two on each side of each jaw. tree →
• The dentist said my premolar needs a filling. tree →
• Premolars help to crush food before you swallow. tree →
• Children's milk teeth include molars but no premolars. tree →
• Sometimes premolars are taken out to make room before braces. tree →

note

Countable: a premolar, premolars. In the USA they are also called «bicuspids» (two points). Count for maths: 8 premolars in a full set of 32 adult teeth (8 incisors, 4 canines, 8 premolars, 12 molars). Myth: children's back milk teeth are molars, not premolars.

In the corpora

• A grown-up set has 8 incisors for cutting, 4 canines for gripping, 8 premolars and 12 molars for grinding.

Trees and pragmatics

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