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tooth powder

noun

  1. a dentifrice in the form of a powder.


tooth powder

noun

  1. a powder used for cleaning the teeth, applied with a toothbrush
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of tooth powder1

First recorded in 1535–45
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Example Sentences

He sold tooth powder door to door and delivered wine for a time.

Rani doesn't have tooth powder, but she shows me how to brush my teeth with a fresh twig from a neem tree.

They then used chemicals and enzymes, followed by a washing protocol, to isolate the DNA in the resulting tooth powder.

One of the things they tried was some Pepsodent tooth powder, a predecessor to modern toothpaste.

In the first they sample decades old corn chips, century-old Civil War hardtack and then freshen up with 100-year-old tooth powder.

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