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Definition of dentures noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

dentures

noun
 
/ˈdentʃəz/
 
/ˈdentʃərz/
[plural]
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  1. artificial teeth on a thin piece of plastic (= a plate), worn by somebody who no longer has all their own teeth
    • Remember to clean your dentures after you take them out.
    • She doesn't wear her dentures at night.
    • a new set of dentures
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    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • ill-fitting
    • partial
    … of dentures
    • set
    verb + dentures
    • have in
    • wear
    • put in
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    Word Originlate 19th cent.: from French, from dent ‘tooth’, from Latin dens, dent-.
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