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tusk
noun
verb
One of a pair of elongated pointed teeth that extend outside the mouth of an animal such as walrus, elephant or wild boar.
Quick reference
Word Facts
- Word length
- 4
- Starts with
- T
- Ends with
- K
- Contains
- US
- Scrabble score
- 8
- Database source
- OEWN 2025 Core
How it sounds
Pronunciation
/ˈtʌsk/
Meaning
Definitions
noun
One of a pair of elongated pointed teeth that extend outside the mouth of an animal such as walrus, elephant or wild boar.
“Until the CITES sales ban, elephant tusks were the 'backbone' of the legal ivory trade.”
A small projection on a (tusk) tenon.
A tusk shell.
A projecting member like a tenon, and serving the same or a similar purpose, but composed of several steps, or offsets, called teeth.
A sharp point.
The share of a plough.
verb
To dig up using a tusk, as boars do.
To gore with the tusks.
To bare or gnash the teeth.
noun
A fish, the torsk (Brosme brosme).
In context
Example Sentences
Until the CITES sales ban, elephant tusks were the 'backbone' of the legal ivory trade.