Dictionary Definition
dent
Noun
1 an appreciable consequence (especially a
lessening); "it made a dent in my bank account"
3 an impression in a surface (as made by a blow)
[syn: gouge, nick] v : make a depression into;
"The bicycle dented my car" [syn: indent]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɛnt
Noun
- A shallow deformation in the surface of something produced by impact.
Translations
- Finnish: lommo, kolo
- French: accroc
- Italian: ammaccatura
- Portuguese: amassado
- Spanish: abolladura
Verb
Catalan
dentFrench
Etymology
From dens''.Pronunciation
- /dɑ̃/
Noun
fr-noun fRelated terms
Extensive Definition
Dent may refer to:
- An indentation or impact mark
Locations
in England- Dent (fell), a small fell in the west of Cumbria
- Dent (Lonsdale), a village in the south east of Cumbria
- Dent Bank, a small village in County Durham
in the United States
Companies
- Dent & Co., a major trading company in early colonial days of Hong Kong
People
- Dent, NetSU, Admin, OP, HubOwner and User in the Direct Connect Community
- Arthur Dent,
principal character in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
- 18610 Arthurdent, an asteroid named after the above
- Random Frequent Flyer Dent, daughter of Arthur Dent
- Charles Dent, American politician
- Clinton Thomas Dent, (1850-1912), English alpinist, author and surgeon
- Frederick Tracy Dent, (1820-92), American soldier
- John Herman Dent, U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania
- John H. Dent, U.S. Naval Officer
- Taylor Dent, American tennis player
- Harvey Dent, the real name of Two-Face, a villain from Batman's rogue gallery
- Professor R. J. Dent, fictional character from Dr. No
- Thomas Dent, the founder of Dent & Co.
- J. M. Dent, a British publisher
- Richard Dent, former football player
- Eric Dent, American Complexity Theorist
- Lester Dent, writer best known for creating the character Doc Savage
- William Dent, American politician
See also
dent in German: Dent
dent in French: Dent (homonymie)
dent in Dutch: Dent
dent in Polish: Dent
dent in Volapük: Dent
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
alveolation, alveolus, baby tooth, bicuspid, boss, bucktooth, bump, canine, colophon, concavity, convexity, crown, cuspid, cutter, dactylogram, dactylograph, deciduous
tooth, denticle,
denticulation,
dentil, dentition, depress, dimple, dint, dogtooth, embossment, engrave, excrescence, eyetooth, fang, fingerprint, footmark, footprint, footstep, fore tooth, fossil
footprint, furrow,
gagtooth, gang tooth,
gold tooth, gouge,
grinder, honeycomb, ichnite, ichnolite, impress, impression, imprint, incisor, indent, indentation, indention, indenture, lump, milk tooth, molar, notch, pad, paw print, pawmark, peg, permanent tooth, pimple, pit, pivot tooth, pock, pockmark, premolar, press in, print, pug, pugmark, punch, punch in, recess, scrivello, seal, set back, set in, sigil, signet, snag, snaggletooth, stamp, step, stud, sunken part, tamp, thumbmark, thumbprint, tooth, tush, tusk, vestige, wisdom
tooth