Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Located or made for use between the teeth.
- adjective Pronounced with the tip of the tongue between the teeth, as (ᴛʜ) in that or (th) in thumb.
- noun An interdental consonant.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Occurring or produced between the teeth.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Situated between teeth.
- adjective (Phon.) Formed between the upper and lower teeth.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Pertaining to the space between the
teeth - adjective Pronounced with the tongue between the top and bottom teeth.
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Examples
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We pass the shoe market, where hundreds of shoes hang from the ceilings on strings; the purse market, hanging by purse strings; the music mart, where the rich interdental consonants of Arabic songs consume the air; the basket bazaar; a merchant unfurling a yo-yo.
Richard Bangs: Why Would Anyone Bomb Jemaa El F'na Square in Marrakesh? Richard Bangs 2011
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We pass the shoe market, where hundreds of shoes hang from the ceilings on strings; the purse market, hanging by purse strings; the music mart, where the rich interdental consonants of Arabic songs consume the air; the basket bazaar; a merchant unfurling a yo-yo.
Richard Bangs: Why Would Anyone Bomb Jemaa El F'na Square in Marrakesh? Richard Bangs 2011
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We pass the shoe market, where hundreds of shoes hang from the ceilings on strings; the purse market, hanging by purse strings; the music mart, where the rich interdental consonants of Arabic songs consume the air; the basket bazaar; a merchant unfurling a yo-yo.
Richard Bangs: Why Would Anyone Bomb Jemaa El F'na Square in Marrakesh? Richard Bangs 2011
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We pass the shoe market, where hundreds of shoes hang from the ceilings on strings; the purse market, hanging by purse strings; the music mart, where the rich interdental consonants of Arabic songs consume the air; the basket bazaar; a merchant unfurling a yo-yo.
Richard Bangs: Why Would Anyone Bomb Jemaa El F'na Square in Marrakesh? Richard Bangs 2011
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Professional checkups and cleaning are important as well, as is flossing and the use of interdental brushes.
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Wish I'd bought new toothbrushes more often, saved up enough to go for a professional cleaning and checkup once a year and invested in dental floss and interdental brushes!
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There appears to be an Ugaritic dialectal change from *ẓ the emphatic interdental ɣ for instance.
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• Clean between teeth daily with floss or an interdental cleaner.
Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause M.D. Vivian Pinn 2006
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• Clean between teeth daily with floss or an interdental cleaner.
Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause M.D. Vivian Pinn 2006
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• Clean between teeth daily with floss or an interdental cleaner.
Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause M.D. Vivian Pinn 2006
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