dent

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see also: Dent

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Pronunciation

• (British, America) enPR: dĕnt, IPA: /dɛnt/

Noun

dent (plural dents)

1. 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. 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.
3. (by extension, informal) 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.

Translations

• French: bosse
• German: Beule, Delle
• Italian: ammaccatura
• Portuguese: amassado, amolgadela
• Russian: вмя́тина
• Spanish: abolladura

Verb

dent (dents, present participle denting; past and past participle dented)

1. (transitive) To impact something, producing a dent.
2. (intransitive) To develop a dent or dents.

   Copper is soft and dents easily.

Translations

• French: cabosser
• German: einbeulen, eindellen
• Italian: ammaccare
• Portuguese: amassar
• Spanish: abollar, hacer mella

Translations

• Spanish: abollar (pronominal)

Noun

dent (plural dents)

1. (engineering) A tooth, as of a card, a gear wheel, etc.
2. (weaving) A slot or a wire in a reed

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Dent

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Proper noun

1. A village in Cumbria, England.
2. Surname

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