dent
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
dent
n 1: an appreciable consequence (especially a lessening); "it
made a dent in my bank account"
2: a depression scratched or carved into a surface [syn:
{incision}, {scratch}, {prick}, {slit}, {dent}]
3: an impression in a surface (as made by a blow) [syn: {dent},
{ding}, {gouge}, {nick}]
v 1: make a depression into; "The bicycle dented my car" [syn:
{indent}, {dent}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Dent \Dent\ (d[e^]nt), n. [A variant of {Dint}.]
1. A stroke; a blow. [Obs.] "That dent of thunder."
--Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]
2. A slight depression, or small notch or hollow, made by a
blow or by pressure; an indentation.
[1913 Webster]
A blow that would have made a dent in a pound of
butter. --De Quincey.
[1913 Webster]
from
U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
Dent, MN (city, FIPS 15724)
Location: 46.55212 N, 95.71716 W
Population (1990): 177 (79 housing units)
Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 56528
Dent, OH (CDP, FIPS 21742)
Location: 39.19375 N, 84.66091 W
Population (1990): 6416 (2602 housing units)
Area: 15.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
from
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Dent, OH -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Ohio
Population (2000): 7612
Housing Units (2000): 3369
Land area (2000): 6.005988 sq. miles (15.555438 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 6.005988 sq. miles (15.555438 sq. km)
FIPS code: 21742
Located within: Ohio (OH), FIPS 39
Location: 39.198598 N, 84.659747 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Dent, OH
Dent
from
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Dent, MN -- U.S. city in Minnesota
Population (2000): 192
Housing Units (2000): 80
Land area (2000): 0.383236 sq. miles (0.992576 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.001482 sq. miles (0.003838 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.384718 sq. miles (0.996414 sq. km)
FIPS code: 15724
Located within: Minnesota (MN), FIPS 27
Location: 46.554315 N, 95.718301 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 56528
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Dent, MN
Dent
from
U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)
Dent -- U.S. County in Missouri
Population (2000): 14927
Housing Units (2000): 6994
Land area (2000): 753.538638 sq. miles (1951.656029 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.973575 sq. miles (2.521547 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 754.512213 sq. miles (1954.177576 sq. km)
Located within: Missouri (MO), FIPS 29
Location: 37.630171 N, 91.508318 W
Headwords:
Dent
Dent, MO
Dent County
Dent County, MO
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
95 Moby Thesaurus words for "dent":
alveolation, alveolus, baby tooth, bicuspid, boss, bucktooth, bump,
canine, colophon, concavity, convexity, crown, cuspid, cutter,
dactylogram, dactylograph, deciduous tooth, denticle,
denticulation, dentil, dentition, depress, dimple, dint, dogtooth,
embossment, engrave, excrescence, eyetooth, fang, fingerprint,
footmark, footprint, footstep, fore tooth, fossil footprint,
furrow, gagtooth, gang tooth, gold tooth, gouge, grinder,
honeycomb, ichnite, ichnolite, impress, impression, imprint,
incisor, indent, indentation, indention, indenture, lump,
milk tooth, molar, notch, pad, paw print, pawmark, peg,
permanent tooth, pimple, pit, pivot tooth, pock, pockmark,
premolar, press in, print, pug, pugmark, punch, punch in, recess,
scrivello, seal, set back, set in, sigil, signet, snag,
snaggletooth, stamp, step, stud, sunken part, tamp, thumbmark,
thumbprint, tooth, tush, tusk, vestige, wisdom tooth
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