tusk

C2+ Topic:Animals

US /tʌsk/ UK /tʌsk/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a long pointed tooth projecting from the mouth of certain animals

Poachers prize the elephant's ivory tusk above all else.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a long pointed tooth... fang tooth ivory

Word family

Derived forms tuskedtusker

Related forms tush

Etymology

From Old English tusc, tux ('canine tooth, grinder'), from Proto-Germanic *tunthskaz, related to tooth; the Old English form shows metathesis from earlier tux.

tusc Old English *tunthskaz Proto-Germanic

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Topics

Animals

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# tusk

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /tʌsk/
**IPA (UK):** /tʌsk/

## Meanings
1. a long pointed tooth projecting from the mouth of certain animals

## Examples
- Poachers prize the elephant's ivory tusk above all else.

## Synonyms
- fang
- tooth
- ivory

## Derived Forms
- tusked
- tusker

## Related Forms
- tush

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: tusc
- Root: *tunthskaz

## Etymology
From Old English tusc, tux ('canine tooth, grinder'), from Proto-Germanic *tunthskaz, related to tooth; the Old English form shows metathesis from earlier tux.

## AI Etymology
Tusk is from Old English tusc, tux ('canine tooth, grinder'), from Proto-Germanic *tunthskaz, related to tooth; the Old English form shows metathesis from earlier tux. Important recorded forms include tusc (Old English) and *tunthskaz (Proto-Germanic). The modern sense continues the older lexical line without requiring a separate origin. In current use it covers a long pointed tooth projecting from the mouth of certain animals. The wider family includes derived forms such as tusked and tusker and related words such as tush.

## Topics
- Animals

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