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plural noun

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

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Origin of false teeth

First recorded in 1785–95

Words nearby false teeth

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How to use false teeth in a sentence

Plaster and ceramic replicas of organs and appendages rest on the shelves alongside sets of false teeth.
The Sacrificial Limbs of New Orleans|Nina Strochlic|March 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In his haste to flee, he had dropped his owlish horn rims, his wallet, and false teeth.
The Killing of Guerrilla Leader Boosts Violence-Weary Colombia|Mac Margolis|November 13, 2011|DAILY BEAST
She had false teeth that moved, and a way that she clenched her jaw, I did that.
Glenn Close's 13 Favorite Movie Roles|Glenn Close|January 24, 2010|DAILY BEAST
"And he left his false teeth in his room," said the manager.
Trent's Last Case|E.C. (Edmund Clerihew) Bentley

Though the newspaper account of the burglary failed to mention the false teeth, they worried him considerably.
Flappers and Philosophers|F. Scott Fitzgerald
I did mine with a broken fork but Mammy Susan says she knows an old woman who always did hers with her false teeth.
The Carter Girls' Week-End Camp|Nell Speed
Pseu′dodont, having false teeth, as a monotreme; Pseu′dodox, false.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R)|Various
She exercised her mouth so vilently that her new false teeth fell out onto the ground.
The Complete Works of Artemus Ward|Charles Farrar Browne (AKA Artemus Ward)

British Dictionary definitions for false teeth

false teeth

pl n

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

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false teeth

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