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Meaning of tusk

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

tusk

Pronunciation:/ˈtʌsk/

noun

Definitions

  1. One of a pair of elongated pointed teeth that extend outside the mouth of an animal such as walrus, elephant or wild boar.

    Example: Until the CITES sales ban, elephant tusks were the 'backbone' of the legal ivory trade.

  2. A small projection on a (tusk) tenon.

  3. A tusk shell.

  4. A projecting member like a tenon, and serving the same or a similar purpose, but composed of several steps, or offsets, called teeth.

verb

Definitions

  1. To dig up using a tusk, as boars do.

  2. To gore with the tusks.

  3. To bare or gnash the teeth.