denture
an artificial replacement of one or several of the teeth (partial denture ), or all of the teeth (full denture ) of either or both jaws; dental prosthesis.
a set of teeth.
Origin of denture
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How to use denture in a sentence
She looks like your typical granny—gray hair, wrinkles, dentures—and slowly stumbles about her apartment in a magenta tracksuit.
‘My Granny The Escort’: Meet 85-Year-Old Sheila Vogel-Coupe, Britain’s Oldest Prostitute | Marlow Stern | June 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSmiling on the red carpet, Gaga showed off a set of oversized rotten dentures, featuring "metallic gums and crooked teeth."
Lady Gaga Experiments with Rotten Teeth; Kerry Washington Plays a Realistic Michelle Obama | The Fashion Beast Team | November 4, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHe can decry the quality of the jailhouse food and complain that his broken dentures were slow in being replaced.
We bring you the best of the barbs, the bloopers, and yes, the story about the dentures.
8 Top Moments from the Health-Care Summit | The Daily Beast Video | February 25, 2010 | THE DAILY BEASTWe bring you the best of the barbs, the bloopers and yes, the story about the dentures.
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Very early attempts at dentures were tried, though with little success.
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British Dictionary definitions for denture
/ (ˈdɛntʃə) /
Also called: dental plate, false teeth a partial or full set of artificial teeth
rare a set of natural teeth
Origin of denture
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