cheekbone

American  

[cheek-bohn] / ˈtʃikˌboʊn /

noun

1. the zygomatic bone.

2. the part of that bone below the eye forming the prominence of the cheek.

3. the area of the cheek overlying this bone.

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cheekbone British  

/ ˈtʃiːkˌbəʊn /

noun

1. the nontechnical name for zygomatic bone

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Etymology

Origin of cheekbone

before 1000; Middle English chekbon, Old English ceacban. See cheek, bone ( def. )

Example Sentences

He wore a huge army jacket that drowned his too-thin frame, and I could tell from his sharp cheekbones and hollow cheeks that he didn’t get enough food.

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Her eyes were just as bright, and her pale skin had a rosy blush on her cheekbones.

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He was stick thin, with cheekbones like rocky mountain peaks that rose above a droopy brown mustache.

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She rested two fingers on his cheekbone, on his brow, on his lips.

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She didn’t look entirely like either of her parents, sharing her dad’s broad shoulders and high cheekbones, and her Japanese American mother’s straight black hair and brown eyes.

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