denture

noun

den·​ture ˈden-chər How to pronounce denture (audio)
1
: a set of teeth
2
: an artificial replacement for one or more teeth
especially : a set of false teeth

Examples of denture in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web On Wednesday, one outlet reported that the Grammy winner had his teeth removed to make way for the dentures, which reportedly cost $850,000. Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2024 On his Instagram page, Connelly shared photos of Ye’s new denture design. Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2024 Not in the strictest sense, but his dentures will be on the block on February 6 at the Cotswold Auction Company in scenic Cheltenham, a spa town in the U.K. Designed by his dentist, Wilfred Fish, and made around 1939, they were constructed to protect Churchill’s natural — and distinctive — lisp. Brian T. Allen, National Review, 27 Jan. 2024 The hip hop star, also known as Ye, posted a photo to his Instagram account with his mouth wide open to show off his new metallic dentures. Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week Uk, theweek, 19 Jan. 2024 Before the advent of fillings and dentures, tooth infections were a common source of mortality. Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 2 Jan. 2024 At first, the Sewer Boys’ chompers looked too much like dentures, so the Silversteins started chiseling them into pointy fangs, which were too scary. Vulture, 24 Oct. 2023 King’s ability to take a blank prosthetic shell (which is made out of the same type of acrylic often used for dentures) and completely transform it in a mere matter of days using tiny detail brushes is astounding. Belle Bakst, Allure, 17 Aug. 2023 You will be asked to change into a hospital gown and to remove any hairpieces, eyewear, dentures, hearing aids, and tongue or lip piercings. Jennifer Whitlock, Rn, Msn, Fn, Verywell Health, 24 Oct. 2023

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Word History

Etymology

French, from Middle French, from dent

First Known Use

1842, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of denture was in 1842

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Cite this Entry

“Denture.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/denture. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

denture

noun
den·​ture ˈden-chər How to pronounce denture (audio)
: a set of teeth
especially : a partial or complete set of false teeth

Medical Definition

denture

noun
den·​ture ˈden-chər How to pronounce denture (audio)
1
: a set of teeth
2
: an artificial replacement for one or more teeth
especially : a set of false teeth

called also dental plate

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