Synonyms for tusk
tʌsktusk

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1. ivory, tusknoun

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

   Synonyms:
   bone, off-white, pearl, ivory

2. tuskverb

   a long pointed tooth specialized for fighting or digging; especially in an elephant or walrus or hog

   Synonyms:
   ivory

3. horn, tuskverb

   stab or pierce with a horn or tusk

   "the rhino horned the explorer"

   Synonyms:
   detusk, horn

4. tusk, detuskverb

   remove the tusks of animals

   "tusk an elephant"

   Synonyms:
   detusk, horn

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1. tusknoun

   Synonyms:
   tush, fang, pointed tooth

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1. List of paraphrases for "tusk":

   cusk

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How to use tusk in a sentence?

1. Steven Haddock:

   You start to' expect the unexpected' when exploring the deep sea, but I'm still stunned that we came upon the ancient tusk of a mammoth, our work examining this exciting discovery is just beginning and we look forward to sharing more information in the future.

2. Europe Minister David Lidington:

   Things will become clearer, I think, for everybody when the Prime Minister’s letter to (President of the European Council) Donald Tusk is published, which I expect in the first half of next week.

3. Samuel Wasser:

   If you're trying to match one tusk to its pair, you have a low chance of a match. But identifying close relatives is going to be a much more common event, and can link more ivory seizures to the same smuggling networks.

4. Peter Houde:

   That one lacks the jaw and it appears the ends of both tusks were broken off, ours includes the jaw but is missing one tusk so far - we may find it yet.

5. Boris Johnson:

   I would say to our friends in the EU if they don't want a no-deal Brexit then we've got to get rid of the backstop from the treaty, if Donald Tusk doesn't want to go down as Mr No Deal then I hope that point will be borne in mind by him, too.