🇬🇧🇪🇸 incisor - incisivo : English Lesson

Meaning of "incisor" ("incisivo"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

An incisor is one of the sharp, flat teeth at the very front of your mouth. You use your incisors to bite and cut pieces off your food, like when you chomp into an apple or a sandwich. They work like tiny scissors in your mouth, snipping food into smaller bits so your other teeth can chew it.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

The cookie was so big my incisor needed a lunch break halfway through the first bite.

My incisor met a popcorn kernel and immediately regretted its life choices.

If my incisor had a résumé, the first skill would be: “Expert at biting pizza.”

I told my incisor we were eating spinach, and it tried to call in sick.

Humans usually have eight incisors—four on top and four on the bottom—so you basically walk around with a tiny eight-blade food-cutting machine in your mouth.

At the market, a small boy bit a crisp apple and felt his incisor meet skin. He grinned, spotting juice on one incisor and testing the other incisor. His mother laughed, warned him to use the front incisor gently and handed a napkin. He tapped the apple with an incisor and, pleased, finished the slice.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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