dent

dent is a 4-letter English word with 8 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A stroke; a blow. Face value is 5 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 5 · Words With Friends 6 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A stroke; a blow.
2. noun. A slight depression, or small notch or hollow, made by a blow or by pressure; an indentation.
3. transitive verb. To make a dent upon; to indent.
4. noun. A tooth, as of a card, a gear wheel, etc.
5. noun. an impression in a surface (as made by a blow)

   Synonyms: ding, gouge, nick

6. noun. an appreciable consequence (especially a lessening)

   "it made a dent in my bank account"

7. noun. a depression scratched or carved into a surface

   Synonyms: incision, prick, scratch, slit

8. verb. make a depression into

   "The bicycle dented my car"

   Synonyms: indent

Synonyms

ding, gouge, nick, incision, prick, scratch, slit, indent

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in dent:

tend

Common word forms

dents, dental, dented, denter, dentes, denting

Words from these letters

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