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Meanings of tusk in English

Portuguese
marfim
Catalan
ivori

A hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses.

marfim
Spanish
dar cornadas

Stab or pierce with a horn or tusk.

dar cornadas
Synonyms
Examples for "horn"
Examples for "horn"
1
He loosened the case containing the long horn, to announce their approach.
Heart of oak
2
Now, Jewel: set the point of your horn against this Calormene's breast.
Last battle
3
At sunset a great horn blew five short blasts, repeated five times.
Chaosbound
4
It is in the key of D, the melody opening for horn.
The Masters and Their Music / A series of illustrative programs ...
5
Twang goes the horn; up goes the trunk; down come the steps.
Roundabout Papers

Remove the tusks of animals.

Usage of tusk in English
1
Their presence meant the material came from an elephant or mammoth tusk.
Bones of the Lost
2
I had a tusk of an African elephant that weighed 149 lbs.
Wild Beasts and Their Ways, Reminiscences of Europe, Asia, Afric...
3
Seeing this, Bruce clung to the cake until the tusk slipped off.
Lost in the Air
4
We met two of the latter carrying a tusk weighing 126 lbs.
Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa
5
When at last it stopped one tusk was actually touching the man.
The Elephant God
6
Jess named him the Unicorn, on account of his one gleaming tusk.
Jess
7
It felt real, but then again, what did real tusk feel like?
Raising Stony Mayhall
8
An ivory tusk, carved with images of my gods destroying their enemies.
Cleopatra's Moon
9
The resounding crash of that breaking tusk was what saved Thuman's life.
The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals: A Book of Personal Observ...
10
He stood fingering the boar's tusk at the front of his shirt.
No country for old men
11
I will come round when you are ready, to weigh the tusk.
Tales of Unrest
12
Her human teeth were gone; all that remained was that single discolored tusk.
Doctor Sleep
13
One was the big cow with the one broken and one good tusk.
In Africa: Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country
14
The blame is to be laid on the tusk of a wild boar.
The Perfect Wagnerite: A Commentary on the Niblung's Ring
15
The fire had well-nigh burnt out when Jan returned with the other tusk.
Adventures in Africa / By an African Trader
16
He smeared the lower half of the tusk, leaving only a squarish root.
The Mantooth
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Translations for tusk
Portuguese
marfim
Catalan
ivorivori
Tusk through the time
Tusk across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common