enamel
Example Sentences
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The method begins with cleaning the tooth surface and then carefully removing only the enamel for testing.
From Science Daily
As a result, he thinks keeping the enamel moist under lips was not essential for maintaining teeth strong enough to bite through bone.
From New York Times
He ate nine ice cream sandwiches in a row; he used industrial enamel to paint his toenails and once set fire to the weeds in the backyard.
From Washington Post
But enamel is lighter than other kinds of bone, so it doesn’t weigh them down much, Ms. Cohen said.
From New York Times
“That’s why I have my Bea Arthur pin,” he said, pointing to an enamel pin of the actress on the lapel of his pea coat.
From New York Times
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