overbite

To use excessive acid in an etching process, so that the result is too deep.

Noun

  1. A malocclusion in which the upper teeth extend over the lower ones.

Origin

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English bite English overbite From over- + bite.

Forms

overbites

Verb

  1. To use excessive acid in an etching process, so that the result is too deep.

Forms

overbites overbiting overbit overbitten

Related

crossbite underbite