DENTAL PLATE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth

Synonyms:

dental plate; denture; plate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("dental plate" is a kind of...):

dental appliance (a device to repair teeth or replace missing teeth)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dental plate"):

bridge; bridgework (a denture anchored to teeth on either side of missing teeth)

false teeth (a removable denture)

partial denture (a denture replacing one or more teeth in a dental arch)