TUSK as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a long pointed tooth specialized for fighting or digging
   • especially in an elephant or walrus or hog
   Hypernyms(s) tusk is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • tooth (what does tooth mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • tusk (what does tusk mean?)
   • detusk (what does detusk mean?)
   • horn (what does horn mean?)
   • tusk (what does tusk mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses
   Synonym(s)
   • ivory (what does ivory mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) tusk is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • dentine (what does dentine mean?)
   • dentin (what does dentin mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • tusk (what does tusk mean?)
   • detusk (what does detusk mean?)
   • horn (what does horn mean?)
   • tusk (what does tusk mean?)

TUSK as VERB

1. Meaning
   • remove the tusks of animals
   Synonym(s)
   • detusk (what does detusk mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • tusk an elephant
   Hypernyms(s) tusk is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • remove (what does remove mean?)
   • take (what does take mean?)
   • take away (what does take away mean?)
   • withdraw (what does withdraw mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • ivory (what does ivory mean?)
   • tusk (what does tusk mean?)
   • tusk (what does tusk mean?)
2. Meaning
   • stab or pierce with a horn or tusk
   Synonym(s)
   • horn (what does horn mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the rhino horned the explorer
   Hypernyms(s) tusk is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • pierce (what does pierce mean?)
   • thrust (what does thrust mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • ivory (what does ivory mean?)
   • tusk (what does tusk mean?)
   • tusk (what does tusk mean?)
   • horn (what does horn mean?)
   • horn (what does horn mean?)