dent
/dɛnt/
US pronunciation
American sound/dɛnt/
dent
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Stress
- One strong syllable
- Vowel
- IPA vowel pattern
- Ending
- Clear final sound
US voice -> dent
Myanmar meaning
(n) အချိုင့် အခွက်။ (v) ခွက်ဝင်၊ချိုင့်ဝင် သွားစေသည်။
Full entry
တိုက်မိခိုက်မိ၍ ဖြစ်ပေါ်သော အချိုင့်၊ အခွက်။ အပွန်းအပဲ့။
His bike hit the side of my car and made quite a dent in it. ❍ (fig ) The lawyer's fees will make a nasty dent in (ie have a serious effect on) our finances.
v ချိုင့်သည်။ ပိန်ချိုင့်သွားသည်။
The back of the car was badly dented in a collision. ❍ (fig ) The event has severely dented their image.
More examples
- dent /dent/ n တိုက်မိခိုက်မိ၍ ဖြစ်ပေါ်သော အချိုင့်၊ အခွက်။ အပွန်းအပဲ့။ His bike hit the side of my car and made quite a dent in it.
- ( fig ) The lawyer's fees will make a nasty dent in (ie have a serious effect on) our finances. v ချိုင့်သည်။ ပိန်ချိုင့်သွားသည်။ The back of the car was badly dented in a collision.
- ( fig ) The event has severely dented their image.
Synonyms
hollow, indentation, depression, dimple, cavity, impression, bang, blow, bump, chip, con-cavity, crater, crenel, cut, damage, decrease, depress, dig, diminish, dint, dip, embrasure, furrow, gouge, hit, hole, hurt, imprint, incision, indent, knock, lessen, make concave, mark, nick, notch, perforate, pit, press in, push in, reduce, reduction, reversal, ridge, scallop, score, scrape, scratch, setback, shock, sink, trough, undermine
Antonyms
Cross references
Study this word
Pattern match
Example practice
Mini quizWhat is the Myanmar meaning of “dent”?
Try to say the meaning first, then reveal the answer.