Gear part Crossword Clue
While searching our database we found 1 possible solution for the: Gear part crossword clue. This crossword clue was last seen on November 10 2024 Newsday Crossword puzzle. The solution we have for Gear part has a total of 5 letters.
| Rank | Answer | Clue | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 99% | TOOTH | Gear part | Newsday |
| 20% | COGS | Gear parts | USA Today |
Definition
| • | One of the hard, bony appendages which are borne on the jaws, or on other bones in the walls of the mouth or pharynx of most vertebrates, and which usually aid in the prehension and mastication of food. |
| • | Fig.: Taste; palate. |
| • | Any projection corresponding to the tooth of an animal, in shape, position, or office; as, the teeth, or cogs, of a cogwheel; a tooth, prong, or tine, of a fork; a tooth, or the teeth, of a rake, a saw, a file, a card. |
| • | A projecting member resembling a tenon, but fitting into a mortise that is only sunk, not pierced through. |
| • | One of several steps, or offsets, in a tusk. See Tusk. |
| • | An angular or prominence on any edge; as, a tooth on the scale of a fish, or on a leaf of a plant |
| • | one of the appendages at the mouth of the capsule of a moss. See Peristome. |
| • | Any hard calcareous or chitinous organ found in the mouth of various invertebrates and used in feeding or procuring food; as, the teeth of a mollusk or a starfish. |
| • | To furnish with teeth. |
| • | To indent; to jag; as, to tooth a saw. |
| • | To lock into each other. See Tooth, n., 4. |
Recent Usage in Crossword Puzzles:
- Newsday: Nov 10, 2024
- Thomas Joseph: Oct 17, 2023
- Wall Street Journal: Apr 10, 2023
- Wall Street Journal: Jan 18, 2023
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