Molar

English

Noun

Molar (plural Molars)

1. A back tooth having a broad surface used for grinding one's food.

Synonyms

• wangtooth
• grinder

Adjective

Molar (not comparable)

1. Of, or relating to the molar teeth, or to grinding.

Adjective

Molar (not comparable)

1. (chemistry) Of, relating to, or being a solution containing one mole of solute per litre of solution.
2. (physics) Of, or relating to a complete body of matter as distinct from its molecular or atomic constituents.

Derived terms

• molarity

Related terms

• molality

Thesaurus

baby tooth, bicuspid, bucktooth, canine, crown, cuspid, cutter, deciduous tooth, dent, dental, denticle, denticulation, dentiform, dentil, dentition, dentoid, dogtooth, eyetooth, fang, fanged, fore tooth, gagtooth, gang tooth, gold tooth, grinder, incisor, milk tooth, odontoid, peg, permanent tooth, pivot tooth, premolar, scrivello, snag, snaggle-toothed, snaggled, snaggletooth, tooth, toothed, toothlike, toothy, tush, tusk, tusked, wisdom tooth

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊlə(r)