false teeth

plural noun

1. a denture, especially a pair of removable full dentures of both jaws.

false teeth

plural noun

1. a denture, esp a removable complete set of artificial teeth for one or both jaws

Word History and Origins

Origin of false teeth¹

First recorded in 1785–95

Example Sentences

Plaster and ceramic replicas of organs and appendages rest on the shelves alongside sets of false teeth.

From The Daily Beast

In his haste to flee, he had dropped his owlish horn rims, his wallet, and false teeth.

From The Daily Beast

She had false teeth that moved, and a way that she clenched her jaw, I did that.

From The Daily Beast

"And he left his false teeth in his room," said the manager.

From Project Gutenberg

Though the newspaper account of the burglary failed to mention the false teeth, they worried him considerably.

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I did mine with a broken fork but Mammy Susan says she knows an old woman who always did hers with her false teeth.

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Pseu′dodont, having false teeth, as a monotreme; Pseu′dodox, false.

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She exercised her mouth so vilently that her new false teeth fell out onto the ground.

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