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Word entry · 4 letters

dent

Best crossword clue

"Small surface hollow"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /dɛnt/Part of speech verb, nounSorted dentStarts with DEnds with T2 cluesVery common crossword word
1D2E3N4T

Definitions

  1. make a depression into

Word origin

From Middle English dent, dente, dint (“a blow; strike; dent”), from Old English dynt (“blow, strike, the mark or noise of a blow”), from Proto-Germanic *duntiz (“a blow”). Akin to Old Norse dyntr (“dint”). Doublet of dint.

Used in a sentence

  • The crash produced a dent in the left side of the car.
  • to make a dent
  • "Case Of You" (#67, 1980), a single on the Scotti Brothers label, was Frank's first chart dent.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Small surface hollow4 letters
02Small hollow in metal4 letters

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