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# incisor

noun (an incisor, incisors)

«incisor» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

One of the sharp, flat front teeth used for biting and cutting food. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incisor/#m1)

### In the lessons

In science lessons on teeth: humans have four types of teeth — incisors (cutting), canines (tearing), premolars and molars (grinding). Adults have eight incisors, four on top and four on the bottom; children's first baby teeth are usually incisors. Rodents like rabbits and beavers have incisors that never stop growing.

### Examples

- We use our incisors to bite into an apple. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incisor/#x1)
- My front incisor is wobbly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incisor/#x2)
- Beavers have big orange incisors for chewing wood. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incisor/#x3)
- Adults have eight incisors. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incisor/#x4)
- Incisors are sharp and flat like chisels. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incisor/#x5)
- A rabbit's incisors keep growing all its life. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incisor/#x6)

### Note

«An incisor» (vowel sound). Countable. Pronounced in-SY-zer. Related: incision (a cut). Compare: canine, molar, premolar.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «incisor» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incisor/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«incisor» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/incisor.html) on Mova free.