cheekbone

[ cheek-bohn ]

/ ˈtʃikˌboʊn /

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noun

the zygomatic bone.

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

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

Words nearby cheekbone

cheder, Chédiak-Steinbrinck-Higashi syndrome, cheechako, chee-chee, cheek, cheekbone, cheek by jowl, cheeked, cheek muscle, cheekpiece, cheek pouch

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How to use cheekbone in a sentence

Sharp jaws, sharp cheekbones, lean, facial fat, like this isn’t a Eurocentric thing.
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The actress, a former model with hooded eyes and high cheekbones, nodded without changing her position.
Netflix v Modi and the battle for Indian cinema’s soul|Konstantin Kakaes|March 24, 2021|MIT Technology Review
She was tall and lean, with chiseled cheekbones, a square jaw, and flinty green eyes.
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His attention to detail is such that every throwing motion must finish with his left shoulder properly closed and his arm in perfect alignment with his cheekbones.
Tom Brady still has the itch, and it’s taken him places no football player has been|Sally Jenkins|February 8, 2021|Washington Post

I was definitely tall and skinny and had the high cheekbones.
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He had his right hand to his face and was absent-mindedly rubbing the scar on his left cheekbone.
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I jerked my head aside far enough that the scalpel grated along my cheekbone instead of slashing my mouth.
Greylorn|John Keith Laumer
At length Saurin, judging his distance, sent out his left hand sharply, and caught Crawley on the right cheekbone.
Dr. Jolliffe's Boys|Lewis Hough
His “friend,” when Tony was lying asleep in the hospital, had taken a razor and slit his mouth back to the cheekbone.
Within Prison Walls|Thomas Mott Osborne
A scar, dead white on a brown cheekbone, was a reminder of an "encounter" with one of the numerous sauriens of Venus.
Astounding Stories, June, 1931|Various
He had felt Reivers fist drive home full on his cheekbone and it seemed that he had been struck by a handful of iron.
The Snow-Burner|Henry Oyen

British Dictionary definitions for cheekbone

cheekbone

/ (ˈtʃiːkˌbəʊn) /

noun

the nontechnical name for zygomatic bone Related adjective: malar

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for cheekbone

cheekbone

[ chēk′bōn′ ]

n.

zygomatic bone