Definitions for overbiteˈoʊ vərˌbaɪt

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

o•ver•biteˈoʊ vərˌbaɪt(n.)

  1. occlusion in which the upper incisor teeth overlap the lower ones.

    Category: Dentistry

Origin of overbite:

1885–90

Princeton's WordNet

  1. overbite(noun)

    (dentistry) malocclusion in which the upper teeth extend abnormally far over the lower teeth

Wiktionary

  1. overbite(Noun)

    A malocclusion, in which the upper teeth extend over the lower ones


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