dogtooth
IPA: dˈɑgtuθ
noun
- (plural only "dogtooth") A canine tooth.
- (architecture) An ornament common in Gothic architecture, consisting of pointed projections resembling teeth.
- Synonym of houndstooth
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Examples of "dogtooth" in Sentences
- I have no idea how i feel about that dogtooth trailer.
- The dogtooth Santa Cruz Mountains were all shadow and silhouette.
- A small school of dogtooth tuna swam 10 meters below him, oblivious to the danger.
- Might be in the dogtooth lodgepole pine we would like so much to poke some holes in.
- The other classic must-have with a modern twist is Céline's dogtooth patchwork coat with silk lapels £2,350.
- Another form of calcite which is to be sparingly found is what is called dogtooth spar, having the form shown in Fig. 4.
- "We also saw jacks, trevally, dogtooth tuna, bumphead parrotfish, huge schools of batfish and barracuda, sting rays and mantas."
- The lobby was filled with blocky outsize chairs covered in black and white dogtooth check or lime-green or brown and white pinstripes, arranged around smoked-glass tables.
- The carving upon the arch-mouldings is, to a great extent, geometric, consisting of numerous facets cut in the stone, lozenges, etc.; the so-called dogtooth moulding is a very favorite form of decoration.
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