dent

About 4.32 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A shallow deformation in the surface of an object, produced by an impact.

   The crash produced a dent in the left side of the car.

2. noun A minor effect made upon something.

   to make a dent

3. noun A type of maize/corn with a relatively soft outer hull, and a soft type of starch that shrinks at maturity to leave an indentation in the surface of the kernel.
4. noun A sudden negative change, such as loss, damage, weakening, consumption or diminution, especially one produced by an external force, event or action

   That purchase put a bit of a dent in my wallet.

5. verb To impact something, producing a dent.
6. verb To develop a dent or dents.

   Copper is soft and dents easily.

7. noun A tooth, as of a card, a gear wheel, etc.
8. noun A slot or a wire in a reed.

Similar words

incision prick scratch slit notch indent gouge nick molar dental

Often followed by

in and res assoc of j on the corn

Word family

Dent J. M. Dent Joseph Malaby Dent dented denting dents