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cheekbone

[cheek-bohn]
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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Origin of cheekbone

before 1000; Middle English chekbon, Old English ceacban. See cheek, bone
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Examples from the Web for cheekbone

Historical Examples of cheekbone

  • It broke the skin on his cheekbone and forehead and blood ran from the cuts.

    Deathworld

    Harry Harrison

  • Very lightly his fingers traveled from her cheekbone to her jaw.

  • It looped in mid-air and slashed the man's face from chin to cheekbone.

    The Ties That Bind

    Walter Miller

  • As he turned I saw a star-shaped blue scar above his cheekbone.

    Gold

    Stewart White

  • Put a piece of that sticking plaster on that cut across your cheekbone.

British Dictionary definitions for cheekbone

cheekbone

noun
  1. the nontechnical name for zygomatic bone Related adjective: malar
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cheekbone in Medicine

cheekbone

(chēk′bōn′)
n.
  1. zygomatic bone
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