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TUSK Synonyms

There are 3 synonyms of the word tusk. (exact relations)
There are 10 hypernyms of the word tusk. (close relations)
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detusk
verbv
verb

• remove the tusks of animals

horn
nounn
noun

• a noisemaker (as at parties or games) that makes a loud noise when you blow through it

• one of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates

• a noise made by the driver of an automobile to give warning

• a high pommel of a Western saddle (usually metal covered with leather)

• a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves

• any hard protuberance from the head of an organism that is similar to or suggestive of a horn

• the material (mostly keratin) that covers the horns of ungulates and forms hooves and claws and nails

• a device having the shape of a horn

• an alarm device that makes a loud warning sound

• a brass musical instrument consisting of a conical tube that is coiled into a spiral and played by means of valves

• a device on an automobile for making a warning noise

verb

• stab or pierce with a horn or tusk

ivory
noun, adjectiven, adj
noun

• a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses

• a shade of white the color of bleached bones

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dentin dentine excrescence pierce projection protuberance remove take tooth withdraw
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