Oxford Basic American Dictionary

tomato soup —Look at the picture at vegetable . tomb / tum / noun [ count ]

a place where a dead person's body is buried, often one with a stone above it

tomb • stone / tumstoun / noun [ count ]

a large, flat stone on the place where a person is buried (their grave ) showing their name and the dates when they lived

to . тОГ . rOW Ф / to'maroo / adverb, noun [noncount]

the day after today; on the day after today

Let's go swimming tomorrow.

I'll see you tomorrow morning.

We are going home the day after tomorrow .

ton / tAn / noun

[ count ] a unit for measuring weight, equal to 2,000 pounds

tons [ plural ] ( informal ) a lot

He has tons of money. tone / toun / noun

1 [ count, noncount ] the way that someone's voice sounds

knew he was angry by the tone of his voice .

[ singular ] the general quality or style of something The tone of the meeting was optimistic.

[ count ] a sound that you hear on the telephone Please speak after the tone.

tongs / tagz / noun

[ plural ]

a tool with two parts that you use for holding things or picking things up

tongue Ф / Ur) / noun [ count ] Pronunciation

The word tongue sounds like young .

the soft part inside your mouth that moves when you talk or

eat —Look at the picture at mouth .

tongue-twist • er / ' |twistsr / noun

[ count ] words that are difficult to say together quickly "She sells seashells by the seashore" is a tongue-twister.

to .night Ф / ts 'nait / adverb, noun [ noncount ]

the evening or night of today; on the evening or night of today

I'm going to a party tonight. Tonight is the last night of our vacation.

tOO Ф / tu/ adverb

also

Green is my favorite color, but I like blue too.

more than you want or need These shoes are too big.

She put too much milk in my coffee.

tookform oftake tOOlФ / tul/ noun [ count ]

a thing that you hold in your hand and use to do a special job

Hammers and saws are tools.

tooth Ф/ tu0 / noun [count] ( plural teeth / ti0 / )

1 one of the hard, white things in your mouth that you use for eating

brush my teeth after every meal. — Look at the picture at mouth .

one of the long, narrow, pointed parts of an object such as a comb (= a thing that you use for making your hair neat )

tooth • ache / ' tueeik / noun [ count ]

( HEALTH ) a pain in your tooth I have a toothache.

tooth • brush / ' tuebrAj / noun [ count ] ( plural tooth - brush es )

a small brush for cleaning your teeth

—Look at the picture at brush .

tooth.paste

/ tuepeist / noun [noncount]

a substance that you put on your toothbrush and use for cleaning your teeth

tooth • pick / ' tuepik / noun [ count ]

a short, pointed piece of wood that you use to get pieces of food out from between your teeth

top 1 Ф / tap / noun

1 [ count ] the highest part of something There's a church at the top of the hill.

—ANTONYM bottom

[ singular ] the highest or most important position to be at the top of your profession

[ count ] a cover that you put on something to close it Where's the top of this jar?

[ count ] a piece of clothing that you wear on the top part of your body

I like your top — is it new? on top

on its highest part

The cake had cream on top.

on top of something

on or over something A tree fell on top of my car.

top 2 Ф / tap / adjective

highest or best

Put this book on the top shelf. She's one of the country's top athletes.

top . ic Ф / 'tapik / noun [ count ]

something that you talk, learn, or write about The topic of the discussion was climate change.

—SYNONYM subject

top • i • cal aw / ' tapikl / Я