How do you use Pontic in a sentence? See 9 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Pontic meaning
A false tooth that forms part of a dental bridge.
Using Pontic
- The main meaning on this page is: A false tooth that forms part of a dental bridge.
- In the example corpus, pontic often appears in combinations such as: the pontic.
Context around Pontic
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 8 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Pontic
- In this selection, "pontic" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, pre, genocide, greek and sea stand out and add context to how "pontic" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include found in pontic and cappadocian and has pre pontic possibly scandinavian. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "pontic" sits close to words such as aakash, aanholt and aardwolf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with pontic
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
That the name Tervingi has pre-Pontic, possibly Scandinavian, origins still has support today. (14 words)
Inscriptions in both alphabets are found in the Pontic steppe and on the banks of the Kama river. (18 words)
Achilles from Leuce island was venerated as Pontarches the lord and master of the Pontic Sea, the protector of sailors and navigation. (22 words)
The Eurasian margin, now preserved in the Pontides (the Pontic Mountains along the Black Sea coast), is thought to have been geologically similar to the Western Pacific region today (e.g. Rice et al., 2006). (35 words)
But, afterward, near Armenia, Pompey managed to surprise the Pontic army by a daring nocturnal attack and all but destroyed it, leaving the king with no choice but to flee in disarray. (32 words)
In one of the darkest chapters in Greece’s long history, the Pontic Genocide included an organized plan by the Young Turks to eliminate the indigenous Greek population of Anatolia. (30 words)
Example sentences (9)
Some of these are archaisms, such as χουλιάρι which comes from Byzantine κοχλιάριον and along with απίδι are found in Pontic and Cappadocian Greek varieties, among other Greek dialects.
In one of the darkest chapters in Greece’s long history, the Pontic Genocide included an organized plan by the Young Turks to eliminate the indigenous Greek population of Anatolia.
With this year’s commemoration of the Pontic Greek phase of the Greek Genocide came a major step – a commitment to sustained and sophisticated political advocacy on this issue.
Achilles from Leuce island was venerated as Pontarches the lord and master of the Pontic Sea, the protector of sailors and navigation.
But, afterward, near Armenia, Pompey managed to surprise the Pontic army by a daring nocturnal attack and all but destroyed it, leaving the king with no choice but to flee in disarray.
Inscriptions in both alphabets are found in the Pontic steppe and on the banks of the Kama river.
That the name Tervingi has pre-Pontic, possibly Scandinavian, origins still has support today.
The Eurasian margin, now preserved in the Pontides (the Pontic Mountains along the Black Sea coast), is thought to have been geologically similar to the Western Pacific region today (e.g. Rice et al., 2006).
The Zaporozhian Cossacks, who lived on the Pontic-Caspian steppe below the Dnieper Rapids (Ukrainian: za porohamy;), became a well-known group.
Common combinations with pontic
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: