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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
dent/dent/

▶noun a slight hollow in a hard even surface made by a blow or pressure. ▶verb

1 mark with a dent.

2 have an adverse effect on: the experience dented her confidence.

– origin ME: var. of dint.

'dent' also found in these Oxford entries:

dandelion - dental - denticle - dentifrice - dentil - dentine - dentist - ding - dint - indent - indent - knock - redan - trident - undented

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a small dent
but that only a small dent...
Dent
dent vs indentation?
ding and dent
fool-the-eye dent marks
put a dent in the yard
saggy/dent tent
that won't make much of a dent
Whatever dent

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