Definition of dentifrice in English:
dentifrice
noun ˈdɛntɪfrɪsˈdɛn(t)əfrəs
A paste or powder for cleaning the teeth.
here's a dentifrice with real action
Example sentencesExamples
- They washed their teeth and cleaned them with tooth powders (dentifrices).
- Unlocking the tube and squeezing some of the bright-orange dentifrice out, I raised the brush to my mouth and commenced extreme cleaning.
- Some forms of tobacco dentifrice include roasted and powdered tobacco, a paste made of tobacco and molasses, and a rinse of tobacco water (made by passing tobacco smoke through water).
- Various tobacco products are used as dentifrice in different parts of India.
- Women in the state of Maharashtra, including Mumbai, commonly use mishri (pyrolysed and powdered tobacco), and its initial use is as a dentifrice.
Origin
Late Middle English: from French, from Latin dentifricium, from dens, dent- 'tooth' + fricare 'to rub'.
Definition of dentifrice in US English:
dentifrice
nounˈden(t)əfrəsˈdɛn(t)əfrəs
A paste or powder for cleaning the teeth.
here's a dentifrice with real action
Example sentencesExamples
- Various tobacco products are used as dentifrice in different parts of India.
- Some forms of tobacco dentifrice include roasted and powdered tobacco, a paste made of tobacco and molasses, and a rinse of tobacco water (made by passing tobacco smoke through water).
- Unlocking the tube and squeezing some of the bright-orange dentifrice out, I raised the brush to my mouth and commenced extreme cleaning.
- Women in the state of Maharashtra, including Mumbai, commonly use mishri (pyrolysed and powdered tobacco), and its initial use is as a dentifrice.
- They washed their teeth and cleaned them with tooth powders (dentifrices).
Origin
Late Middle English: from French, from Latin dentifricium, from dens, dent- ‘tooth’ + fricare ‘to rub’.