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Tusk

noun
/ˈtʌsk/
Word Frequency: 0.3

Definitions

1.nounOne of a pair of elongated pointed teeth that extend outside the mouth of an animal such as walrus, elephant or wild boar.
"Until the CITES sales ban, elephant tusks were the 'backbone' of the legal ivory trade."
2.nounA small projection on a (tusk) tenon.
3.nounA tusk shell.
4.nounA projecting member like a tenon, and serving the same or a similar purpose, but composed of several steps, or offsets, called teeth.
5.nounA sharp point.
6.nounThe share of a plough.
7.verbTo dig up using a tusk, as boars do.
8.verbTo gore with the tusks.
9.verbTo bare or gnash the teeth.

Synonyms

ivoryhorndetuskwalrusnarwhalcuskdefensedefencetasktuskertushtusk shell

Rhymes With

duskhuskbuskcuskcornhuskbruskebrusquebuske
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