Antonyms for dent

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : dent

Phonetic Transcription : dɛnt

Definition of dent

Origin : early 14c., "a strike or blow," dialectal variant of Middle English dint (q.v.); sense of "indentation" first recorded 1560s, apparently influenced by indent.

noun depression, scrape, chip
verb chip, scrape, depress

Example sentences :

"Well, I'll see you again when necessary," the stranger called to Mr. Dent.
Extract from : « Frank Roscoe's Secret » by Allen Chapman

Frank wondered at his uncle's caution, for Mr. Dent was not usually nervous.
Extract from : « Frank Roscoe's Secret » by Allen Chapman

Mr. Dent had received a visitor, and Frank determined to find out who it was.
Extract from : « Frank Roscoe's Secret » by Allen Chapman

But when they spoke of Frank's uncle, Mr. Dent, it must be they meant our Frank.
Extract from : « Frank Roscoe's Secret » by Allen Chapman

George glanced at the dent in the side panel of the station wagon.
Extract from : « The Hohokam Dig » by Theodore Pratt

The Dent du Midi is more impressive from the hotel, don't you think?
Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic

But a dent in lead will stay there; it has little elasticity of form.
Extract from : « Common Science » by Carleton W. Washburne

Ten seconds more, and you'd have been obliterated, Dent, just as your plane was.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930 » by Various

Tonight, as he came home, Lancaster decided to make a dent in the latter.
Extract from : « Security » by Poul William Anderson

I rode down to Dent; we rode down to the place and did—what there was to be done.
Extract from : « The Spinner's Book of Fiction » by Various

Synonyms for dent

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