Molar
noun
A type of tooth that is wide and flat used for grinding food.
I have a cavity in my molar that needs to be filled.
Often appears as...
- rear molar
- upper molar
adjective
Related to the molar tooth.
The dentist will check your molar teeth during the dental exam.
Often appears as...
- molar tooth
- molar extraction
adjective
Describing a substance's concentration in terms of the amount of substance in a given volume.
In chemistry, the molar concentration is often used to measure the amount of solute in a solution.
Often appears as...
- molar solution
- molar mass
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A type of tooth that is wide and flat used for grinding food.
I have a cavity in my molar that needs to be filled.
Often appears as...
- rear molar
- upper molar
adjective
Related to the molar tooth.
The dentist will check your molar teeth during the dental exam.
Often appears as...
- molar tooth
- molar extraction
adjective
Describing a substance's concentration in terms of the amount of substance in a given volume.
In chemistry, the molar concentration is often used to measure the amount of solute in a solution.
Often appears as...
- molar solution
- molar mass
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Human Anatomy
Understand that 'molar' refers to specific teeth meant for grinding food, located at the back of the mouth.
My back molars help me chew tough foods like meat.
Pro Tip 2/3Dental Health
'Molar' is often used when talking about dental care and problems such as cavities or wisdom teeth issues.
The dentist said my molars are healthy, but I need to floss more.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Visible
Molars are not easily seen when smiling or talking, as they are at the back of the mouth.
You can't see my molar cavity when I smile.
Pro Tip 1/3Human Anatomy
Understand that 'molar' refers to specific teeth meant for grinding food, located at the back of the mouth.
My back molars help me chew tough foods like meat.
Pro Tip 2/3Dental Health
'Molar' is often used when talking about dental care and problems such as cavities or wisdom teeth issues.
The dentist said my molars are healthy, but I need to floss more.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Visible
Molars are not easily seen when smiling or talking, as they are at the back of the mouth.
You can't see my molar cavity when I smile.
Pro Tip 1/3Human Anatomy
Understand that 'molar' refers to specific teeth meant for grinding food, located at the back of the mouth.
My back molars help me chew tough foods like meat.
Pro Tip 2/3Dental Health
'Molar' is often used when talking about dental care and problems such as cavities or wisdom teeth issues.
The dentist said my molars are healthy, but I need to floss more.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Visible
Molars are not easily seen when smiling or talking, as they are at the back of the mouth.
You can't see my molar cavity when I smile.
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Safari Live - Day 11 PIPE...
yep so when it actually closes you can see they just closed right on top of each other and that action just helped yeah let's see if I can try and move my hand so that action there keeps them nice and sharp so that's the upper premolar and the lower molar that you've seen there so look at that so that's the that's the
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Cannibal Bugs and...
we put down different salt concentrations and they will scramble and fight over 0.25 molar salt concentration they taste it with their feet and they fight vigorously and that's exactly the concentration of salt in their blood so they're finely tuned to a cannibalistic lifestyle this may be
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Safari Live - Day 356 PIPE...
just environmental factors and of course that then correlates to the fact that how long an elephant lives because they are said to live a lot longer in the Mara elephants main cause of death other than parasites or disease is actually the wearing down of the molars they have
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Safari Live - Day 284 PIPE...
hyenas molars on the side which are very very sharp and very bone crushing extremely powerful and a regarded is the strongest teeth in nature crocodiles are able to replace their teeth hyena or not so they need to be able to crush bones for most of their life it's about to
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How to rebuild the world...
makes the food taste nice but most importantly helps to break down the food so that we can absorb it so in a very real sense the mill stones are like a technological extension of our own molar teeth and the oven we use for cooking
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Manatees Have Bad Breath...
no one really knows some characteristics link manatees to elephants in particular their teeth these like those of elephants are flat grinding molars as they're worn down by the coarse grass they're replaced by new ones that erupt
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Safari Live - Day 4 PIPE...
made more of a bruise than anything but very very important and then lots of a look at the murders okay great and murders are very important for grinding down food of course so there is no shortage of molars shall we count them 1
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How a new species of...
The overall shape of the teeth looked odd to me, so I performed crown-shape analysis on the occlusal surfaces of deciduous teeth, or baby teeth -- on your left -- and the permanent premolars and molars on your right.
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How did teeth evolve? -...
ranging from mountain peaks and ocean depths to rainforests and deserts. So the success of our biological class is due in no small measure to the remarkable strength and adaptability of the humble mammalian molar.
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Safari Live - Day 384 PIPE...
they you lose their when they lose their molars some will die of disease of course and some will die of being killed by other elephants or that sort of thing but otherwise yes most of is that a lion
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 11 PIPE...
yep so when it actually closes you can see they just closed right on top of each other and that action just helped yeah let's see if I can try and move my hand so that action there keeps them nice and sharp so that's the upper premolar and the lower molar that you've seen there so look at that so that's the that's the
Video examples
Cannibal Bugs and...
we put down different salt concentrations and they will scramble and fight over 0.25 molar salt concentration they taste it with their feet and they fight vigorously and that's exactly the concentration of salt in their blood so they're finely tuned to a cannibalistic lifestyle this may be
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 356 PIPE...
just environmental factors and of course that then correlates to the fact that how long an elephant lives because they are said to live a lot longer in the Mara elephants main cause of death other than parasites or disease is actually the wearing down of the molars they have
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 284 PIPE...
hyenas molars on the side which are very very sharp and very bone crushing extremely powerful and a regarded is the strongest teeth in nature crocodiles are able to replace their teeth hyena or not so they need to be able to crush bones for most of their life it's about to
Video examples
How to rebuild the world...
makes the food taste nice but most importantly helps to break down the food so that we can absorb it so in a very real sense the mill stones are like a technological extension of our own molar teeth and the oven we use for cooking
Video examples
Manatees Have Bad Breath...
no one really knows some characteristics link manatees to elephants in particular their teeth these like those of elephants are flat grinding molars as they're worn down by the coarse grass they're replaced by new ones that erupt
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 4 PIPE...
made more of a bruise than anything but very very important and then lots of a look at the murders okay great and murders are very important for grinding down food of course so there is no shortage of molars shall we count them 1
Video examples
How a new species of...
The overall shape of the teeth looked odd to me, so I performed crown-shape analysis on the occlusal surfaces of deciduous teeth, or baby teeth -- on your left -- and the permanent premolars and molars on your right.
Video examples
How did teeth evolve? -...
ranging from mountain peaks and ocean depths to rainforests and deserts. So the success of our biological class is due in no small measure to the remarkable strength and adaptability of the humble mammalian molar.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 384 PIPE...
they you lose their when they lose their molars some will die of disease of course and some will die of being killed by other elephants or that sort of thing but otherwise yes most of is that a lion
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Quote examples
Mary Roach
American Author
I love words, but I also love finding out that there is a word for something that you've experienced but didn't know there was a word for. Like 'toothpack' - that is a word for when you eat biscuits or cookies and you get that annoying layer of chewed substance on your molars that you kind of have to pick out.
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Sabine Baring-Gould
English Clergyman
Should the time come when the county family will be taken away, then the parish will feel for some time like a mouth from which a molar has been drawn - there will be a vacancy that will cause unrest and discomfort.
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Stone Cold Steve Austin
American Actor
Driving a forklift is kind of like riding a bicycle. You've either got forklift skills or you don't, and I can remove somebody's molars with a forklift.
Quote examples
Mary Roach
American Author
I love words, but I also love finding out that there is a word for something that you've experienced but didn't know there was a word for. Like 'toothpack' - that is a word for when you eat biscuits or cookies and you get that annoying layer of chewed substance on your molars that you kind of have to pick out.
Quote examples
Sabine Baring-Gould
English Clergyman
Should the time come when the county family will be taken away, then the parish will feel for some time like a mouth from which a molar has been drawn - there will be a vacancy that will cause unrest and discomfort.
Quote examples
Stone Cold Steve Austin
American Actor
Driving a forklift is kind of like riding a bicycle. You've either got forklift skills or you don't, and I can remove somebody's molars with a forklift.
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