"premolar" meaning in English

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Adjective

Rhymes: -əʊlə(ɹ) Etymology: pre- + molar Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|pre|molar}} pre- + molar Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} premolar (not comparable)
  1. Before a molar tooth, either in physical position or in its time of development; deciduous. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-premolar-en-adj-rnZGZm9c Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 54 46

Noun

Forms: premolars [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊlə(ɹ) Etymology: pre- + molar Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|pre|molar}} pre- + molar Head templates: {{en-noun}} premolar (plural premolars)
  1. A tooth situated in front of the molar teeth; especially a tooth in humans with two cusps which is between the canines and the molars (Latin: singular dens premolaris, plural dentes premolares) Categories (topical): Teeth Synonyms (a tooth): bicuspid Translations (tooth): نَاجِذ (nājiḏ) [masculine] (Arabic), ضَاحِك (ḍāḥik) [masculine] (Arabic), 小臼齒 (Chinese Mandarin), 小臼齿 (xiǎojiùchǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), třenový zub [masculine] (Czech), třenák [colloquial, masculine] (Czech), antaŭmolaro (Esperanto), premolaro (Esperanto), välihammas (Finnish), prémolaire [feminine] (French), მცირე ძირითადი კბილი (mcire ʒiritadi ḳbili) (Georgian), პრემოლარი (ṗremolari) (Georgian), Prämolar [masculine] (German), Vormahlzahn [masculine] (German), προγόμφιος (progómfios) [masculine] (Greek), מַלְתָּעָה (malta'á) [feminine] (Hebrew), קְדַם טוֹחֶנֶת (qdam toḥenét) [feminine] (Hebrew), forjaxl [masculine] (Icelandic), framjaxl [masculine] (Icelandic), premolare [masculine] (Italian), 小臼歯 (shōkyūshi) (Japanese), niho pūrākau (Maori), niho pū (Maori), diranê pêşkursî [masculine] (Northern Kurdish), premolar [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), premolar [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), framjeksel [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), przedtrzonowiec [masculine] (Polish), premolar [masculine] (Romanian), премоля́р (premoljár) [masculine] (Russian), črenový zub (Slovak), talubagang (Tagalog), ฟันกรามน้อย (fan-graam-nɔ́ɔi) (Thai)
    Sense id: en-premolar-en-noun-nnrlyaHz Disambiguation of Teeth: 38 62 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with pre- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 54 46 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with pre-: 44 56

Inflected forms

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    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms prefixed with pre-",
    "English uncomparable adjectives",
    "Rhymes:English/əʊlə(ɹ)",
    "Rhymes:English/əʊlə(ɹ)/3 syllables",
    "en:Teeth"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "pre",
        "3": "molar"
      },
      "expansion": "pre- + molar",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "pre- + molar",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "premolar (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Before a molar tooth, either in physical position or in its time of development; deciduous."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "deciduous",
          "deciduous"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "-əʊlə(ɹ)"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "premolar"
  ],
  "word": "premolar"
}

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