dent
dent is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 30 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A slight depression, or small notch or hollow, made by a blow or by pressure; an indentation. A blow that would have made a dent in a pound of butter. De Quincey.
- 2.To make a dent upon; to indent. The houses dented with bullets. Macaulay.
- 3.A tooth, as of a card, a gear wheel, etc. Knight.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- battlement
- crenate
- crenated
- crenelle
- crenulate
- crimp
- cut
- dentate
- dentated
- denticulate
- denticulated
- depression
- dimple
- embrasure
- indent
- indentation
- jag
- machicolation
- nick
- notch
- palmated
- saw
- scallop
- scarify
- scollop
- scotch
- serrated
- tooth
- toothed
- vandyke
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is dent.
- What is a slight depression, or small notch or hollow, made by a blow or by pressure; an indentation. A blow that would have made a dent in a pound of butter. De Quincey called?
- What is to make a dent upon; to indent. The houses dented with bullets. Macaulay called?
- What is a tooth, as of a card, a gear wheel, etc. Knight called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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