toothpaste

UK/ˈtuːθpeɪst/US/ˈtuθpeɪst/

nounB1Common in everyday speech and writing · #4,711 of 15,258leans spoken

Other forms: toothpastes

Toothpaste is the minty paste you brush your teeth with. A tube of toothpaste, squeeze the toothpaste, fluoride toothpaste.

The fluoride is the part that works, and the advice is to spit rather than rinse so it stays on the teeth. The mint is only there to tell you when you have finished. Note that you cannot get toothpaste back into the tube, which is a common metaphor.

Definitions of toothpaste

1nountoothpasteThe paste used for brushing teeth.B1
“He squeezed some toothpaste onto his brush and cleaned his teeth.”

toothpaste is a paste.

Where it comes from

Tooth plus paste, from Latin pasta, a dough or paste.

From tooth + paste. Compare stq Tuskepasta (“toothpaste”), West Frisian toskpoetserguod (“toothpaste”), Dutch tandpasta (“toothpaste”), {{cog|de|

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Body & Health

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toothpaste in the wild

Due to variations in composition and fluoride content, not all toothpastes are equally effective in maintaining oral health.
Toothpaste
Large amounts of swallowed toothpaste can be poisonous.
Toothpaste
However, as of 2024, various Mentadent toothpastes were available to buy in Asda.
Mentadent
Gleem is an American brand of oral hygiene products, including toothpastes and electric toothbrushes, owned by Procter & Gamble.
Gleem
Procter & Gamble later revived Gleem toothpaste as a flavor variant of Crest toothpaste (Crest Fresh and White Fluoride, Peppermint Gleem toothpaste).
Gleem

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