premolarnoun [ C ]
uk/ˌpriːˈməʊ.lər/us/ˌpriːˈmoʊ.lɚ/one of the two teeth immediately in front of the molars on both sides of the upper and lower jaws of humans and some other animals, used for grinding and chewing food (= crushing it with the teeth)
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
The teeth
- -toothed
- baby tooth
- buck teeth
- canine
- coronal
- cut
- dentine
- dentition
- denture
- enamel
- false teeth
- fang
- incisor
- milk tooth
- molar
- pulp cavity
- teeth 1
- tooth
- toothless
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