| NOUN | substance | tusk, ivory | a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses |
|---|---|---|---|
| animal | tusk | a long pointed tooth specialized for fighting or digging | |
| VERB | contact | tusk, horn | stab or pierce with a horn or tusk |
| change | tusk, detusk | remove the tusks of animals |
| Sounds | tah'sk | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | brusque ... rusk: 12 rhymes with ahsk... | |
| Meaning | A hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | ivory | |
| Broader | dentine, dentin | A calcareous material harder and denser than bone that comprises the bulk of a tooth |
| Substance of | tusk | A long pointed tooth specialized for fighting or digging |
| Spanish | marfil | |
| Catalan | ivori, marfil, vori | |
| Verbs | tusk | remove the tusks of animals |
| tusk | stab or pierce with a horn or tusk | |
| Meaning | A long pointed tooth specialized for fighting or digging; especially in an elephant or walrus or hog. | |
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| Part of | elephant | Five-toed pachyderm |
| tusker | Any mammal with prominent tusks (especially an elephant or wild boar) | |
| wild boar, boar, Sus scrofa | Old World wild swine having a narrow body and prominent tusks from which most domestic swine come | |
| Broader | tooth | Hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates |
| Substances | ivory, tusk | A hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses |
| Spanish | colmillo | |
| Catalan | ullal | |
| Adjectives | tusked | having tusks |
| Verbs | tusk | remove the tusks of animals |
| tusk | stab or pierce with a horn or tusk | |
| Meaning | stab or pierce with a horn or tusk. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s somebody | |
| Synonym | horn | |
| Broader | pierce, thrust | penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument |
| Spanish | colmillo, cornear, dar cornadas | |
| Nouns | tusk | a long pointed tooth specialized for fighting or digging |
| tusk | a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses | |
| Meaning | Remove the tusks of animals. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "tusk an elephant" | |
| Synonym | detusk | |
| Broader | remove, take, take away, withdraw | Remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract |
| Nouns | tusk | a long pointed tooth specialized for fighting or digging |
| tusk | a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses | |
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