tusk

UK /ˈtʌsk/ US /ˈtʌsk/
noun 6verb 3name 1

Definitions

noun

1

One of a pair of elongated pointed teeth that extend outside the mouth of an animal such as walrus, elephant or wild boar, and which continue to grow throughout the animal's life.

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.

5

A sharp point.

verb

1

To dig up using a tusk, as boars do.

2

To gore with the tusks.

3

To bare or gnash the teeth.

noun

1

A fish, the torsk (Brosme brosme).

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