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单词 dentifrice
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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’.

 
 
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