to make a small hollow mark in the surface of something: I dropped a hammer on the floor, and it dented the floorboard. If you dent someone’s confidence or pride, you make them feel less confident or proud: His confidence was badly dented when he didn’t get the job.

1 : a depression or hollow made by a blow or by pressure. 2 : an appreciable impression or effect often made against resistance hasn’t made a dent in the problem specifically : a weakening or lessening effect costs that have made a dent in the budget.

Dent- is a combining form used like a prefix meaning tooth. It is used in some medical and scientific terms, including in dentistry.

tooth -dent- comes from Latin, where it has the meaning tooth. ” This meaning is found in such words as: dental, dentifrice, dentist, dentistry, denture.

A Minor Dent, is a dent that has a diameter larger than 50 mm. These dents are typically caused by impacts from baseballs, basketballs, resting elbows, hip checks, parking lot bumper rubs, ect. Sometimes vehicle body lines, and sharp corners near the dent, result in cracked paint at time of impact.

a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person’s body) a depression scratched or carved into a surface.

1 : an unfilled space : cavity, hole in the hollow of a tree. 2 : a depressed or low part of a surface especially : a small valley or basin. hollow.

1 : to make a ringing sound : clang. 2 : to speak with tiresome reiteration. transitive verb. : to dwell on with tiresome repetition keeps dinging it into him that the less he smokes the better Samuel Butler 1902.

tooth Dent- descends from the Latin root for tooth, dens, while dont- derives from the Greek root for tooth, odon.

to make a small hollow mark in the surface of something: … If you dent someone’s confidence or pride, you make them feel less confident or proud: His confidence was badly dented when he didn’t get the job.

From this example, we can remember that the root word neuro means related to nerves or nervous system. … Another word which comes from the root word neuro is Neurotic which refers to a person suffering from neurosis which is a mental breakdown.

dent & dont These ROOT-WORDS are the Latin ROOT-WORDS DENT & DONT which mean TOOTH.

breast 1st Root Word: mamm/o. 1st Root Definition: breast.

A prefix comes at the beginning of the root word and alters the word meaning. A suffix comes at the end of the root word and also alters the word meaning. … Root Words, Prefixes and Suffixes Used in Dental Terminology.

: to decrease something slightly or to make something somewhat weaker We tried our best to fix the problem, but nothing we did seems to have made a dent.

dent. Antonyms: tumor, protuberance, button, knob, tooth. Synonyms: indentation, notch, cavity.

dent

1. There was a large dent in the passenger door.
2. We’re here to put a dent in the universe.
3. Memory is heel, lonesome is dent, I a person coexistence.
4. Losing the match made quite a dent in his ego.
5. The dent on the wing of our car can be beaten out at the garage.
6. The front of the car has a dent in it.

Daren’t is the usual spoken form of ‘dare not’.

Both dint and dent can refer to the result of a blow a hollow in a surface. The difference between dint and dent lies in their usage. Dint is not commonly used to refer to a dent; it is mainly used in the expression ‘by dint of’. Dent is the most commonly used word out of the two.

dentable. Capable of being dented.

Holler is the regional dialect pronunciation of hollow, referring to a broad natural hollow, as of one a creek has carved, i.e. a small valley. …

Hollow, A Hollow often pronounced Holler, a small valley, most commonly between mountains as commonly pronounced in Appalachia (Appalachian Mountain Regions)

Not sincere or faithful; false; deceitful; not sound; as, a hollow heart; a hollow friend.

(slang) An empty-headed person; a fool. noun.

ding in British English 1. to strike; dash down. 2. to surpass. Collins English Dictionary.

ding, (Chinese: tripod) Wade-Giles romanization ting, type of ancient Chinese cooking or holding vessel, usually with two handles on the rim, that is supported by three or four columnar legs.

mamm(o)- word element [L.], breast; mammary gland.

10 letter words containing dent

• accidental.
• prudential.
• respondent.
• credential.
• incidental.
• coincident.
• occidental.
• antecedent.

two di- A prefix that means two, twice, or double. It is used commonly in chemistry, as in dioxide, a compound having two oxygen atoms.