Tusk in a sentence as a noun

Ivory is elephant tusk, and people in the past didn't always distinguish between tusks, bones, and teeth.

Tusk definitions

noun

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

See also: ivory

noun

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

verb

stab or pierce with a horn or tusk; "the rhino horned the explorer"

See also: horn

verb

remove the tusks of animals; "tusk an elephant"

See also: detusk